The Effects of a Dance and Music-Based Intervention on Parkinson’s Patients’ Well-Being: An Interview Study

Barbara Colombo, Alison Rigby, Martina Gnerre and Federica Biassoni
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Barbara Colombo: Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, Champlain College, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Alison Rigby: Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, Champlain College, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Martina Gnerre: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy
Federica Biassoni: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: Previous research has shown the positive effects of music and dance-based interventions on the physical and psychosocial symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The aims of this study were: (1) to investigate how PD patients subjectively perceive the emotional, cognitive, and social benefits of a music- and dance-based intervention; (2) to apply an innovative methodology for an interview analysis combining findings from a linguistic text with an analytic approach and conducted with the software LIWC and from the content analysis performed by human coders. Extensive, open-ended interviews were conducted with 13 patients with PD who had participated in a dance and music program. The interviews were analyzed using both human coders and the computer-based approach. The results show that emotional and social aspects are considered the most frequent perceived benefits of the dance program. The data confirm the positive impact of dance- and music-based programs on promoting participants’ emotional and social well-being. A combined approach to text analysis appears to be a promising way to achieve more in-depth insights into patients’ subjective perceptions.

Keywords: Parkinson’s; dance; music; well-being; interview; text analysis; content analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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