Clinical trial NCT03080870: JOYof ART - an Intervention Study
Official title: JOY of ART - an Intervention Study for Older Adults and Their Family Caregivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Quality of Life
Family Caregivers
Keywords: Art intervention
Quality of Life
Well-being
Physical performance
Family caregivers
Older adults
Lead sponsor: University of Eastern Finland
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Kuopio Conservatory
name: Kuopio University Hospital
name: Savonia University of Applied Sciences
First posted: 2017-03-15
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Music, dance and visual arts are suggested to support health and well-being of older people. Intervention studies, however, are scarce. JOY of ART study investigates the effects of multicomponent art intervention among older people and ther family caregivers.

Detailed description: JOY of ART study investigates the effects of group based intervention including music, dance and visual arts. Art sessions are provided once a week in three months period each session takes 60 minutes. Eligible participants are recruited from the City of Kuopio, Finland, total 60 dyads, 30 to intervention group and 30 to control group. Health, physical performance and quality of life assessments are conducted at the baseline and in the end of the intervention. In addition, participants are contacted by phone and interviewed six months after the intervention has completed. For family caregivers qualitative interviews are conducted at the baseline and in the end of the study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 65+ age, family caregiving dyad, ability to walk independently or assisted, home dwelling

Exclusion Criteria:

* severe dementia, severe aphasia

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mental Well-being assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS)
timeFrame: Change in Mental Well-being from baseline until three month follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mobility and Balance assessed using Timed up & Go (TUG)
timeFrame: Change in Mobility and Balance from baseline until three month follow-up
measure: Physical Performance assessed using Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
timeFrame: Change in Physical Performance from baseline until three month follow-up
measure: Quality of Life assessed using EQ- 5D-5L
timeFrame: Change in Quality of Life from baseline until three month follow-up
measure: Psychological Distress assessed using General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 12)
timeFrame: Change in Psychological Distress from baseline until three month follow-up
measure: Use of Social and Health Care Services assessed using Questionnaire
timeFrame: Change in use of Social and Health Care Service use from baseline until three month follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kuopio
country: Finland
facility: University of Eastern Finland
Study officials:
References:
citation: Pohjola H, Vaajoki A, Valimaki T. Art intervention among Finnish older people and their caregivers: Experiences of art pedagogies. Health Soc Care Community. 2020 Sep;28(5):1780-1786. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13003. Epub 2020 Apr 26.