Effects of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Visits and Older Community Dwellers With a Precarious State

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study evaluates the effects of MMFA visits on psychological, health, social conditions and personal interactions in older community dwellers with a precarious state and to determine whether these effects may change precarity.

Detailed Description
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Precarity is a vulnerable state exposing individuals to adverse health, psychological social events. Older adults are exposed to precarity, especially those who were the old generation of immigrants in Canada. Art-based activities have also been proposed to community dwellers and have shown positive effects on health outcomes and are determinants for well-being with aging. The effects of participatory art-based activities on precarity in older adults have never been examined. Recently, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) developed a new participatory art-based activity which is a 3 month-period of weekly museum visits for precarious populations.

Official Title
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Effects of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Visits and Older Community Dwellers With a Precarious State: An Experimental Study

Conditions
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Well Aging, Health Impairment, Social Isolation, Old Age

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Guided tour at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Being 65 years and over; Precarious condition defined with a score ≥30 (/100) Having an Internet access with an electronic device (i.e.; laptop, computer, smartphone, tablet) as the repetitive assessments for this study will be performed on the web platform of the Centre of Excellence on Longevity of McGill University; Understanding and writing the different languages of the recruitment centre (i.e., French, English, Chinese.); Severe frail condition determined with the Centre of Excellence self-administered questionnaire (CESAM) Living in Montreal Exclusion Criteria: A concomitant participation to another clinical trial; Participation in another art-based activity; Palliative care; Living in residence; Having a moderate to severe mobility impairment (i.e. using a walker, a wheelchair or being unable to walk alone 10m).

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Intervention<br>The 41 participants will attend the guided tours at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. | Other: Guided tour at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<br>* The duration of the participation -3 months The duration of the guided tour-45 minutes, each week All participants will be asked to fill out some specific online questionnaires during their participations in the study<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Precarious social conditions | It will be used a questionnaire called: Evaluation of Health Precariousness and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers(EPICE). This questionnaire has 11 questions that summarize 90% a precarious state. The answer to each question is assigned a coefficient, the sum of the 11 answers gives the EPICES score. The score is continuous and ranges from 0 (no precarious social conditions) to 100 (maximum level of precarious conditions).The threshold of 30 defined a precarious state. | 3 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Well-being | It will be used a questionnaire called: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale questionnaire (WEMWBS).The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale questionnaire is a validated questionnaire composed by 14 positively worded item scale with five response categories. It covers most aspects of positive mental health (positive thoughts and feelings). | 3 months |