Key result
Six-week line dancing intervention cuts depressive symptoms ~52% in healthy older women.
Why the study?
Does physical activity and a line dancing intervention reduce depressive symptoms in healthy older women?
Population
76 healthy older women living in independent residential communities.
Comparison
Experiment 1: Self-reported physical activity… vs Experiment 1: Independent exercise vs group…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 weeks (for Experiment 2)
Authors
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May support dance-based activity for mood in older women; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does physical activity and a line dancing intervention reduce depressive symptoms in healthy older women?
Mean Difference: 3
Absolute Event Rate: 2.73% vs 5.73%
p-value: p=0.001
Moderate to vigorous physical activity and organized group exercise like line dancing are associated with reduced depressive symptoms in healthy older women.
Overdorf et al. (2016) studied Depressive symptoms (n=76). Line dancing program vs. Baseline (pre-intervention) was evaluated on Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score (MD 3.0, p=0.001). A 6-week line dancing intervention significantly reduced depressive symptoms in healthy older women, lowering average Beck Depression Inventory scores from 5.73 at baseline to 2.73 post-intervention.
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