Effects of Aerobic Zumba Dance on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Female Students: Quasi Experimental Study

Objectives Each person’s degree of emotional contentment, dependability, and fulfilment is different. As they navigate a critical period in their life and deal with a lot of difficult situations, students make up a unique group of individuals. Moreover, anxiety symptoms frequently present together with sadness. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of aerobic Zumba dance on depression, anxiety, and stress (DAS) among adolescent girls. Material and Methods A quasi-experimental study design was used. For phase one, 246 samples were recruited using disproportionate stratified sampling. Based on the results of the pilot study, result for the phase two 55 samples were selected for intervention and control groups using a simple random sampling technique. The socio-demographic proforma and DASS 42-item scale were the data tools used. The pre-test and post-test were done using the same DASS 42-item scale. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results A comparison within the intervention group showed a significant difference between mean pre-test and post-test stress, anxiety, and depression scores in the intervention group, with p = 0.001 (p<0.05) level at significance. A comparison between the intervention and control group showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). The study shows that there was a significant association of stress with demographic variables like study programme and type of family at p=0. 04 (p<0.05), anxiety with demographic variables like relationship status with significant others at p=0.01 (p<0.05), and depression with demographic variables like study programme, and place of stay at p=0.04 and p=0.03 (p<0.05), respectively. Conclusion The findings of the current study demonstrated the mild to moderate levels of stress, anxiety, and depression among nursing students and also provided proof that aerobic Zumba dancing is a secure and economical way of reducing these levels by lowering stress and anxiety, encouraging health and wellbeing in nursing students at an early age, and organising events that provide students with the tools they need to improve their health outcomes.