Impact of the Implementation of Dance Therapy Workshops on the Quality of Life of Adults With Disabilities Institutionalized Within the Medico-social Establishments of the Univi Group

this research is an interventional study involving the human person of category 2 involving only minimal risks and constraints, it is multicentric and longitudinal prospective. This is a before/after study to measure the effects of the implementation of a dance therapy activity on the quality of life of the adults with disabilities housed in the 5 establishments of the univi group.

The dance therapy will be deployed in all the medico-social establishments participating in the study over a period of 12 weeks.

To do this, dance therapists will be recruited to provide these classes.

The dance-therapy will be carried out:

• in groups of 10 to 12 people who have given their informed consent,
• at least twice a week per group,
• over a period of 30 to 45 minutes maximum twice a week for 3 months. Several groups per establishment can be planned depending on the number of people who can and want to be included in the dance workshop.

940 participant in the study will be inclued and followed at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after the end of the dance therapy workshops.

Inclusion criteria

• Adults with disabilities residing in medico-social establishments, including participant under guardianship or curatorship
• informed consent to participate in the study
• Participant with a minimum of language skills to understand instructions and simple questions

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindication to the practice of dance
• Adults with disabilities temporarily housed
• Severe cognitive and/or behavioral disorders that do not allow you to follow a dance workshop
• Permanent bed rest
• Non-affiliation to a social security scheme