Introduction:

there is a need for studies with scientific rigor that evaluate the benefits of psychoballet in people with dementia and also a vacuum of studies that directly measure the emotional state of the patient and not through an observer.

Objective:

to analyze the possible differences in the scores of the participants before and after the psychoballet sessions through the "Profile of Mood States" (POMS).

Method:

it is an almost experimental design. The POMS was administered to 36 people with dementia before and after four psychoballet sessions.

Results:

after the psychoballet sessions the stress, depression and confusion factors of the POMS were reduced, while vigor increased significantly. The size of the effect varied from small to moderate-high. There was no effect on fatigue and anger.

Conclusions:

the results indicate that psychoballet can be a beneficial non-pharmacological therapy for people with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

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