Effect of juggling therapy on anxiety disorders in female patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19536607 |
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| Authors | Toshihiro Nakahara (Kagoshima University, corresponding author), Kazuhiko Nakahara (0000-0002-7313-6879, Kumamoto City Hospital), Miho Uehara (Kagoshima University), Ken-ichiro Koyama, Ken-Ichiro K Koyama (Kagoshima University), Kouha Li (Kagoshima University), Toshiro Harada (0000-0002-9818-5386, Kagoshima University), Daisuke Yasuhara (Kagoshima University), Hikaru Taguchi, Sinya Kojima (Kagoshima University), Ken-ichiro Sagiyama, Ken‐ichiro Sagiyama (Kagoshima University), Akio Inui (0000-0002-9028-2480, Kagoshima University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BioPsychoSocial Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-0759 • E-ISSN: 1751-0759 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1751-0759-1-10 |
| PMID | 17470298 |
| PMCID | PMC1876467 |
| OpenAlex | W2053117446 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
AIMS: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of juggling therapy for anxiety disorder patients. DESIGN AND METHOD: Subjects were 17 female outpatients who met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for anxiety disorders. Subjects were treated with standard psychotherapy, medication and counseling for 6 months. For the last 3 months of treatment, subjects were randomized into either a non-juggling group (n = 9) or a juggling therapy group (juggling group: n = 8). The juggling group gradually acquired juggling skills by practicing juggling beanbags (otedama in Japan) with both hands. The therapeutic effect was evaluated using scores of psychological testing (STAI: State and Trate Anxiety Inventry, POMS: Profile of Mood Status) and of ADL (FAI: Franchay Activity Index) collected before treatment, 3 months after treatment (before juggling therapy), and at the end of both treatments. RESULTS: After 6 months, an analysis of variance revealed that scores on the state anxiety, trait anxiety subscales of STAI and tension-anxiety (T-A) score of POMS were significantly lower in the juggling group than in the non-juggling group (p < 0.01). Depression, anger-hostility scores of POMS were improved more than non-jugglers. In the juggling group, activity scores on the vigor subscale of POMS and FAI score were significantly higher than those in the non juggling group (p < 0.01). Other mood scores of POMS did not differ between the two groups. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that juggling therapy may be effective for the treatment of anxiety disorders
Anxiety · Psychiatry · Psychosomatic medicine · Psychotherapist · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child Therapy and Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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