Structured Water Dance Intervention (SWAN) for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) have a combination of severe intellectual disability, extensive physical impairment, sensory impairments and medical health problems. There is, however, a lack of evidence-based physical and health-promoting interventions for people with PIMD.

Objective

Structured Water Dance Intervention (SWAN) is a new method developed to fill this gap. This paper reports a protocol for an intervention study which aims to evaluate SWAN with regard to its effects on physiological, psychological and social health-related variables as well as its cost-effectiveness and potential for implementation in health care.

Methods

The evaluation of SWAN is performed in a multi-center randomized crossover study. Data is

SUBMITTER: Lundqvist LO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7390855 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature