Quality of life is associated with fatigue among Brazilian professional dancers

Nycolle Martins Reis; Allana Alexandre Cardoso; Camila Ramos de Araújo; Jéssica Moratelli; Leonessa Boing; Adriano Ferreti Borgatto; Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães

doi:10.6063/motricidade.14721

Quality of life is associated with fatigue among Brazilian professional dancers

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Nycolle Martins Reis Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3925-9357
Allana Alexandre Cardoso Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-7567
Camila Ramos de Araújo Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-0924
Jéssica Moratelli Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2007-4552
Leonessa Boing Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4978-9703
Adriano Ferreti Borgatto Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-2525
Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5167-2921

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.14721

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the relationship between quality of life and levels of fatigue among Brazilian professional dancers. A total of 127 professional classical ballet and contemporary dancers, both male and female, from professional dance companies of the Brazilian South-Southeast region, participated in the study. Data were collected using online self-administered questionnaires, the World Health Organization Quality of Life – Biomedical Research and Education Foundation (WHOQOL – BREF) and the Fatigue Symptom Checklist (FSC), to characterize the participants. Multiple linear regressions were used for data analysis. The results showed that worsened psychological health, social relationships, environment, and total quality of life domains were associated with the drowsiness and dullness scale. Worsened physical health, psychological, and total quality of life domains were also associated with the inability to concentrate scale. However, improvement in social relationships and total quality of life domains were associated with the awareness of physical discomfort scale. These results indicate that fatigue affects the quality of life of professional dancers differently based on the scales used to measure fatigue, which highlights the importance of studies empirically testing specific fatigue-modifying factors in professional dance contexts.

Author Biographies

Nycolle Martins Reis, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Mestre em ciências do movimento humano pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Allana Alexandre Cardoso, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Mestre em ciências do movimento humano pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Camila Ramos de Araújo, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Mestre em ciências do movimento humano pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Jéssica Moratelli, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Mestranda em ciências do movimento humano pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Leonessa Boing, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda em ciências do movimento humano pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Adriano Ferreti Borgatto, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professor Doutor da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Professora Doutora do departamento de Educação Física da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

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2019-03-31

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Reis, N. M., Cardoso, A. A., Araújo, C. R. de, Moratelli, J., Boing, L., Borgatto, A. F., & Guimarães, A. C. de A. (2019). Quality of life is associated with fatigue among Brazilian professional dancers. Motricidade, 15(1), 33–38. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.14721

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2019): Motricidade

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