title: A culturally-specific dance intervention to increase functional capacity in African American women.
abstract: This study examined a culturally-specific dance intervention on functional capacity in African American women at three time points. The intervention was two times per week for 8 weeks using two African American churches randomly assigned to either the experimental or comparison group, had 126 participants, ages 36-82 years. Analysis of covariance revealed that both groups improved over time and the only significant difference between groups was at 18 weeks. The increase at 18 weeks in the experimental group remained when controlling for baseline covariates. This study supported culturally-specific dance as an intervention to improve functional capacity in African American women.
authors.affiliation: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4904, USA. cjm10@case.edu
authors.forename: Carolyn J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Murrock
authors.forename: Faye A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Gary
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003615:Dancing / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009820:Ohio; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology