Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophrenia
Abstract Accumulating evidence has supported the implementation of dance/movement therapy (DMT) as a promising intervention for patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). However, its effect on body weight and metabolic profile in SCZ remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of a 12-week DM...
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| author | Zhaoxia Zhou Hengyong Guan Meihong Xiu Fengchun Wu |
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| description | Abstract Accumulating evidence has supported the implementation of dance/movement therapy (DMT) as a promising intervention for patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). However, its effect on body weight and metabolic profile in SCZ remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of a 12-week DMT session on weight and lipid profile in patients with SCZ using a randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial design. This study encompassed two groups of long-term hospitalized patients with SCZ, who were randomly assigned to the DMT intervention (n = 30) or the treatment as usual (TAU) group (n = 30). Metabolic markers, including weight, body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose, triglycerides, and total cholesterol were measured in both groups at two measurement points (at baseline and the end of the 12-week treatment). We found that DMT intervention significantly decreased body weight (F = 5.5, p = 0.02) and BMI (F = 5.7, p = 0.02) as compared to the TAU group. However, no significance was observed in other metabolic markers, including fasting glucose, triglycerides, and total cholesterol after treatment (all p > 0.05). Our study indicates that a 12-week, 24-session DMT program may be effective in decreasing body weight and BMI in long-term hospitalized patients with SCZ. DMT intervention may be a promising treatment strategy for long-term inpatients in the psychiatric department. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5c7943a793b4b369fb8543c6ade363f2024-03-05T19:25:25ZengNature PortfolioSchizophrenia2754-69932024-02-011011710.1038/s41537-024-00435-7Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophreniaZhaoxia Zhou0Hengyong Guan1Meihong Xiu2Fengchun Wu3Hebei Province Veterans HospitalHebei Province Veterans HospitalPeking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing HuiLongGuan HospitalDepartment of Psychiatry, the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityAbstract Accumulating evidence has supported the implementation of dance/movement therapy (DMT) as a promising intervention for patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). However, its effect on body weight and metabolic profile in SCZ remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of a 12-week DMT session on weight and lipid profile in patients with SCZ using a randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial design. This study encompassed two groups of long-term hospitalized patients with SCZ, who were randomly assigned to the DMT intervention (n = 30) or the treatment as usual (TAU) group (n = 30). Metabolic markers, including weight, body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose, triglycerides, and total cholesterol were measured in both groups at two measurement points (at baseline and the end of the 12-week treatment). We found that DMT intervention significantly decreased body weight (F = 5.5, p = 0.02) and BMI (F = 5.7, p = 0.02) as compared to the TAU group. However, no significance was observed in other metabolic markers, including fasting glucose, triglycerides, and total cholesterol after treatment (all p > 0.05). Our study indicates that a 12-week, 24-session DMT program may be effective in decreasing body weight and BMI in long-term hospitalized patients with SCZ. DMT intervention may be a promising treatment strategy for long-term inpatients in the psychiatric department.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-024-00435-7 |
| spellingShingle | Zhaoxia Zhou Hengyong Guan Meihong Xiu Fengchun Wu Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophrenia Schizophrenia |
| title | Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophrenia |
| title_full | Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophrenia |
| title_fullStr | Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophrenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophrenia |
| title_short | Dance/movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long-term veterans with schizophrenia |
| title_sort | dance movement therapy for improving metabolic parameters in long term veterans with schizophrenia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-024-00435-7 |
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