PMID- 34717164
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211110
LR  - 20211110
IS  - 1476-5616 (Electronic)
IS  - 0033-3506 (Linking)
VI  - 200
DP  - 2021 Nov
TI  - Impact of Dance Movement Psychotherapy on the wellbeing of caregivers of children 
      with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
PG  - 109-115
LID - S0033-3506(21)00377-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.018 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Sustaining the wellbeing of caregivers of children with Autism 
      Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can be highly demanding. This study explored the impact 
      of Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) intervention on the wellbeing of caregivers 
      in comparison with their standard care routine. STUDY DESIGN: This pilot 
      evaluation study used a quasi-experimental design. METHODS: Thirty-seven 
      caregivers of children with ASD were recruited from two special educational needs 
      settings and were allocated to the DMP intervention or the control group 
      depending on their availability to attend the sessions. The participants in the 
      intervention group received five DMP sessions lasting 90 min each. Adult 
      Wellbeing Scale (AWS) and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) were the two 
      outcome measures administered before and after DMP to measure the impact of DMP 
      intervention on caregivers' wellbeing and parental stress. RESULTS: The retention 
      rates were poor, with only 50% of participants in the DMP intervention arm 
      attending at least 70% of the sessions until its end. The Minimal Clinically 
      Important Difference (MCID) was achieved for a small effect size in both outcome 
      measures in the DMP intervention group but not in the control group. Results from 
      the Analyses of Covariance (ANCOVAs) showed a significant difference in 
      post-intervention scores between the DMP intervention and the control group for 
      AWS (F(1,33) = 106.474, P < 0.001) but not for PSI-SF. In addition, a significant 
      association was found between pre-intervention scores and the number of sessions 
      attended with the postintervention scores of both AWS and PSI-SF. CONCLUSIONS: 
      The results of this pilot DMP study are promising. However, before running a 
      larger randomised controlled trial, strategies to support caregivers to attend 
      the intervention need to be considered carefully.
CI  - Crown Copyright (c) 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Aithal, S
AU  - Aithal S
AD  - Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom; Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, 
      Ormskirk, United Kingdom. Electronic address: supritha.aithal@gmail.com.
FAU - Karkou, V
AU  - Karkou V
AD  - Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom; Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, 
      Ormskirk, United Kingdom.
FAU - Makris, S
AU  - Makris S
AD  - Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom; Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom.
FAU - Karaminis, T
AU  - Karaminis T
AD  - Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom; Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom.
FAU - Powell, J
AU  - Powell J
AD  - Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom; Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United 
      Kingdom.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211028
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Public Health
JT  - Public health
JID - 0376507
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Autism Spectrum Disorder/therapy
MH  - Caregivers
MH  - Child
MH  - *Dancing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Parenting
MH  - Psychotherapy
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ASD
OT  - Caregivers
OT  - Dance movement psychotherapy
OT  - Parenting stress
OT  - Teachers
OT  - Wellbeing
EDAT- 2021/10/31 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/11 06:00
CRDT- 2021/10/30 20:10
PHST- 2020/12/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/07/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/09/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/10/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/11 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/10/30 20:10 [entrez]
AID - S0033-3506(21)00377-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health. 2021 Nov;200:109-115. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.018. Epub 2021 
      Oct 28.