Effect of Biodanza on Desire, Excitation and Sexual Inhibition

Universidad de Almeria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexual Inhibition; Sexual Desire Disorder; Sexual Arousal Disorder

Treatments: Other: Biodanza

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03720743

amuelle

Details and patient eligibility

About

the objective of this study was to examine the effects of a 10 weeks biodanza program on the sexual desire and inhibition/arousal of a sample of healthy young adults.

A randomized clinical study was carried out, involving a total of 86 young adults divided into Intervention Group (BG) and Control Group (CG), carrying out biodanza sessions during 10 weeks. The Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI) and the Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Arousal-Short Form Scale (SIS/SES-SF) were completed before and after the intervention.

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• at least 18 years old
• having correctly completed the online questionnaire.
• to attend a minimum of eight Biodanza sessions.

Exclusion criteria

• exceed 30 years old.
• the presence of some type of physical or mental disability that could prevent their participation in the therapy or the completion of the questionnaires.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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73 participants in 2 patient groups

Biodanza

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention group received a total of 10 sessions, once a week, over the course of two months. Each session lasted 60 minutes. All sessions began with a 10-minute warm-up period combining music and low-intensity movements as a welcome round, followed individual exercises, in pairs and/or groups, which included dance combined with exercises based on the five lines of Biodanza (vitality, sexuality, creativity, affectivity and transcendence). Finally, a celebration and farewell round of 10 minutes was held. At the end of each session, the participants were asked to share their experiences with the rest of the group.

Treatment:

Other: Biodanza

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The study allowed control group subjects to participate in Biodanza sessions after the follow-up period.