Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Other |
Change in demographic information |
Age, body weight, height, history with sports, knowledge on nutrition, knowledge on recovery strategies |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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Other |
Personal experiences |
Individual interviews with dancers and dance teachers on their knowledge and experiences with mental health as a dancer/within dancers, and with their sport and its measures in providing optimal physical and mental health |
Pre- and post-intervention (4-months) |
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Primary |
Change in symptoms of eating disorders |
Eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-q) by Prof. Fairburn validly assesses the frequency and severity of ED features to produce ED diagnoses according to the DSM-5. It constitutes 22 items scored on a Likert scale from 0-6 and 6 items in which a number of frequency is given for a given eating behavior. The questionnaire is averaged with a global scale and 4 subscales, in which a higher value indicates higher clinical severity. The global score cut-off score indicating probability of an eating disorder in the Norwegian female population is 2.5. |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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Secondary |
Change in perfectionism |
Children and adolescent perfectionism scale (CAPS) is a 22-item measure of perfectionism in children and adolescents, compromising two subscales; self-oriented perfectionism (12 items) and social-oriented perfectionism (10 items). Questions rates from 1 (false - not at all true) to 5 (very true for me); hence a higher value indicates higher level of perfectionism. |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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Secondary |
Change in resilience |
Resilience scale for adults (RSA) can be used to assess the presence of protective factors important to regain and maintain mental health. It is a self-report instrument for evaluating six protective dimensions of resilience in adults: (1) Perception of the Self, (2) Planned Future, (3) Social Competence, (4) Family Cohesion, (5) Social Resources, (6) Structured Style. The RSA has 33 items; item-response ranges from one to seven; higher scores reflect higher levels of protective factors of resilience. |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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Secondary |
Change in self esteem |
Rosenborg Self esteem inventory by Rosenberg, M. (1965). A 10-item scale that measures global self-worth by measuring both positive and negative feelings about the self. The scale is believed to be uni-dimensional. All items are answered using a 4-point Likert scale format ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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Secondary |
Change in body appreciation |
Body appreciation scale (BAS-2) by Avalos et al 2005. The 10-item Body Appreciation Scale ) assesses individuals' acceptance of, favorable opinions toward, and respect for their body. Each item is scored on a Likert scale from 1-5, and global score is the average score for items 1-10. |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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Secondary |
Change in energy availability |
Low energy availability in females questionnaire (LEAF) and Low energy availability in males questionnaire (LEAM). The LEAF-Q was developed to screen for LEA in female athletes, and measures occurrence of injuries, gastrointestinal dysfunction (GD) and menstrual irregularities (MI) related to low energy availability. Suggested cut-off's's for GD, MI, and for the total LEAF-Q score are =2, =4, and =8, respectively, with higher scoring indicating more severe clinical condition. The LEAM-q is a male-adapted version of the questionnaire, which is currently under validation. |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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Secondary |
Change in depression and anxiety |
Hopkins symptom check list (SCL-10) is used to measure psychological distress among adolescents and adults; designed to measure the symptoms of anxiety and depression. Four of the ten questions are about anxiety and six are about depression. All 10 questions have 4 response categories: 'Not at all', 'A little', 'Quite a bit' and 'Extremely'. The responses are summarized across all items and the mean score is used as a measure of psychological distress. An average score =1.85 is considered a valid cut-off value for prediction of mental distress. |
Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention) |
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