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公開日期: 2024年9月1日

[摘要]
Objectives: With a worldwide ageing population, demand for places in residential nursing homes has also increased, older people in these homes have been shown to have a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms than those living in the community. Macau management of depressive symptoms remains heavily reliant on using antidepressant as frontline treatment, despite concerns of adverse side effects. It has been suggested that non-pharmacological interventions have a potential role in the management of depressive symptoms in this population. One such intervention, Dance movement therapy, has existed for many years. However, for older people in nursing home who may have low mobility and fragility, there is still no specific type of dance for this target population. Therefore, this study aims at assessing the effectiveness of dance movement therapy among older people with depression symptoms in long-term residential care. Methods: This study is a pilot study with pre and post-test of applying dance movement therapy on older people, for 12 weeks in one long term residential care in Macau. Results: Mean score of Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form of participants before receiving dance movement therapy was 10.08 decreasing to 8.08 after intervention. Conclusion: Dance movement therapy can have the potential of minimizing depressive symptoms amongst the older people in long term residual care. In addition, further attention in future since dance therapy holds substantial promise in assisting the older people in improving their depressive symptoms. We recommend larger scale rigorous research studies in this area to fully examine the effectiveness and efficacy of this novel form of exercise intervention.