Association of Senior Dance Participation with Mental Well-Being and Functional Performance in Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
- 1Health Sciences Division, Doctoral College, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
- 2Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
- 3Department of Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
Abstract
Background/Objectives: Community-based activities supporting physical function and mental well-being are increasingly relevant in later life. This cross-sectional study compared mental well-being and physical outcomes among older women participating in senior dance only, senior dance plus additional regular physical activity, and physically inactive older groups; a younger inactive group provided exploratory age-related context. A secondary aim was to examine correlations with participation duration. Methods: Participants were 160 women: 66 in senior dance only (SD), 34 in senior dance plus additional regular physical activity (SD+PA), 30 physically inactive older women, and 30 physically inactive younger women aged 25–40 years. Mental well-being was assessed with the Hungarian four-response five-item Well-Being Index (WBI-5), together with seven physical outcomes. Welch’s ANOVA and prespecified Welch–Satterthwaite contrasts with Benjamini–Hochberg correction were used; duration analyses used partial Spearman correlations adjusted for weekly attendance and age. Results: Overall group differences were observed for all outcomes (all p ≤ 0.002). Seven outcomes remained significant in Contrast 1, which did not isolate a dance-specific association. No SD versus SD+PA difference remained significant after correction. Within SD, participation duration correlated with more favorable Timed Up and Go (rs = −0.428), 30-Second Chair Stand (rs = 0.425), and 2-Minute Step Test performance (rs = 0.423; all q = 0.0013). The adjusted WBI-5 correlation did not remain significant after FDR correction (rs = 0.271; q = 0.061). Conclusions: Participation duration was most consistently correlated with integrated functional performance. Prospective studies are required; causal effects cannot be inferred. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT07170241.
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BibTeX
@article{lako2026association,
title = {{Association of Senior Dance Participation with Mental Well-Being and Functional Performance in Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study}},
author = {Brigitta Lakó and András Simon and Anna Zsófia Kubik and Zsigmond Gyombolai and Éva Kovács},
journal = {Journal of clinical medicine},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.3390/jcm15197687},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13666241},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Association of Senior Dance Participation with Mental Well-Being and Functional Performance in Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
AU - Brigitta Lakó
AU - András Simon
AU - Anna Zsófia Kubik
AU - Zsigmond Gyombolai
AU - Éva Kovács
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
JO - Journal of clinical medicine
DO - 10.3390/jcm15197687
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13666241
AB - Background/Objectives: Community-based activities supporting physical function and mental well-being are increasingly relevant in later life. This cross-sectional study compared mental well-being and physical outcomes among older women participating in senior dance only, senior dance plus additional regular physical activity, and physically inactive older groups; a younger inactive group provided exploratory age-related context. A secondary aim was to examine correlations with participation duration. Methods: Participants were 160 women: 66 in senior dance only (SD), 34 in senior dance plus additional regular physical activity (SD+PA), 30 physically inactive older women, and 30 physically inactive younger women aged 25–40 years. Mental well-being was assessed with the Hungarian four-response five-item Well-Being Index (WBI-5), together with seven physical outcomes. Welch’s ANOVA and prespecified Welch–Satterthwaite contrasts with Benjamini–Hochberg correction were used; duration analyses used partial Spearman correlations adjusted for weekly attendance and age. Results: Overall group differences were observed for all outcomes (all p ≤ 0.002). Seven outcomes remained significant in Contrast 1, which did not isolate a dance-specific association. No SD versus SD+PA difference remained significant after correction. Within SD, participation duration correlated with more favorable Timed Up and Go (rs = −0.428), 30-Second Chair Stand (rs = 0.425), and 2-Minute Step Test performance (rs = 0.423; all q = 0.0013). The adjusted WBI-5 correlation did not remain significant after FDR correction (rs = 0.271; q = 0.061). Conclusions: Participation duration was most consistently correlated with integrated functional performance. Prospective studies are required; causal effects cannot be inferred. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT07170241.
SN - 2077-0383
ER -