Clinical trial · Interventional
A Innovative Web-based Dance Movement Therapy
Developing and Evaluating the Effect of a Innovative Web-based Dance Movement Therapy on Alexithymia and Frailty in Women With Breast Cancer: An Experimental Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop an innovative web-based dance movement therapy (DMT) training platform and assess short-term outcomes before and after its implementation in women with breast cancer Is the DMT training platform comprehensibility and acceptability among patients? Is the DMT training platform acceptability, usability, and feasibility among healthcare providers? Does the DMT training platform have effects on alexithymia and frailty among patients? Researchers will compare experimental to a control (a a conventional care program) to see if DMT training platform works to treat severe asthma. Participants will: receive an orientation on the web-based DMT program before chemotherapy, along with a single face-to-face traditional education session on physical activity . complete training sessions three times per week, with each session lasting at least 70 min.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| web-based dance movement therapy training intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- The web-based DMT training intervention
- interventionNames
- Other: web-based dance movement therapy training intervention
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Alexithymia
- timeFrame
- one year (2024/08/01-2025/07/31)
- description
- Alexithymia was assessed using the Chinese version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), a self-reported outcome measure \[30-31\]. The TAS consists of 20 items covering three key domains: difficulty in identifying and discriminating emotional cues, difficulty in verbally expressing emotions and feelings, and externally oriented thinking. Each item was rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 to 5, resulting in a total score range of 20 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater alexithymia.
- measure
- Frailty
- timeFrame
- one year ( 2024/08/01-2025/07/31).
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who were about to start chemotherapy were recruited from a hospital in Taipei, Taiwan Exclusion Criteria: * major illness (e.g., heart failure, stroke, blindness) or a pre-existing mental disorder * a history of limb amputation * prior participation in dance therapy before their breast cancer diagnosis
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDAbu-Odah H, Wang M, Su JJ, Collard-Stokes G, Sheffield D, Molassiotis A. Effectiveness of dance movement therapy and dance movement interventions on cancer patients' health-related outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Mar 19;32(4):235. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08431-4. PMID 38502260