Table III.
Summary of Participant Age Groups, Dance Activity, Research Design, Methodological Approaches, and Outcome Examined
| Dance Activity |
Research Design |
Methodological Approach |
Outcome Examined |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Group | Con- temp. |
Cul- tural * |
Unspeci- fied |
Partnered ** |
Var- ious *** |
Pre-Post Test |
RCT | Quasi-Expt. | Ethno. | Comp. | Qual. | Quant. | Mixed | Wellbeing | Cog. Hlth | Phys. Hlth | Cog. and Phys. Hlth | Total Studies for Age Group |
| Adults >60 years | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Adults >50 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Adults 18–82 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Adults 18–60 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Children <18 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
Contemp. = Contemporary (dance), Expt. = Experimental, Ethno. = Ethnographic/Observational/Exploratory, Comp. = Comparative, Long. = Longitudinal, Qual. = Qualitative, Quant. = Quantitative, Cog. Hlth = Cogntive Health, Phys. hlth = Physical Health.
*Cultural dance includes Scottish country dance, belly dancing, Colombian Caribbean folk dancing, and line dancing
**Partnered dance includes salsa, tango, and ballroom dancing
***Various includes a combination of dance activities including folk dances or ballroom dance.