Kulshreshtha Monika, Saraswathy Kallur Nava, Babu Nandita, Chandel Shivani
Department of Sports Anthropometry, Sports Authority of India, Netaji Subhash Regional Centre, Lucknow, India.
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Front Psychol. 2023 Apr 27;14:1114377. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1114377. eCollection 2023.
The aim of the present paper was to study the various common mental disorders in a sample of Kathak dancers and non-dancers of North India. 206 female Kathak dancers and 235 healthy controls, aged 18-45 years completed questionnaires assessing perceived stress (PSS-10), depressive symptoms (PHQ-9), and generalized anxiety (GAD-7). Pearson correlations assessed the association between perceived stress, depression, generalized anxiety, age, and years of dancing, and binary logistic regression identified the risk of developing depression and generalized anxiety disorder in Kathak dancers and non-dancers. The prevalence of perceived stress was similar among Kathak dancers and non-dancers. Kathak dancers reported significantly lower depressive symptoms compared to controls. Non-dancers with elevated perceived stress levels were 4 times more likely to report depressive symptoms and 7 times more likely to report anxiety symptoms, relative to dancers. The adjusted odds of reporting depressive symptoms along with generalized anxiety were higher among non-dancers compared to dancers. Kathak can be developed into a very effective psychotherapeutic tool for mitigating the risk of developing depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
本文的目的是研究印度北部卡塔克舞者和非舞者样本中的各种常见精神障碍。206名年龄在18至45岁之间的女性卡塔克舞者和235名健康对照者完成了评估感知压力（PSS - 10）、抑郁症状（PHQ - 9）和广泛性焦虑（GAD - 7）的问卷。皮尔逊相关性分析评估了感知压力、抑郁、广泛性焦虑、年龄和舞蹈年限之间的关联，二元逻辑回归确定了卡塔克舞者和非舞者患抑郁症和广泛性焦虑症的风险。卡塔克舞者和非舞者中感知压力的患病率相似。与对照组相比，卡塔克舞者报告的抑郁症状明显更低。相对于舞者，感知压力水平升高的非舞者报告抑郁症状的可能性高出4倍，报告焦虑症状的可能性高出7倍。与舞者相比，非舞者报告抑郁症状并伴有广泛性焦虑的调整后几率更高。卡塔克舞可以发展成为一种非常有效的心理治疗工具，用于降低患抑郁症和广泛性焦虑症的风险。
