Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Code:

NCT02374658

Conditions

Social Wellness Through Engagement in a Creative Process

Patient Engagement

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Living Through the Arts Intervetion

Study Details

Brief summary:

The ARTS-REHAB Project Research Study examines how meaningful engagement in a creative process might impact inpatients in rehabilitation centres. Participants in this random control trial study will be recruited from a slow-stream rehabilitation patient population. The study intervention will consist of The Royal Conservatory's Living Through the Arts program. Data will be collected using structured and semi-structured questionnaires along with observational logs and focus groups. This study will explore the effects of the program, comparing the intervention and control group participants' sense of hope and optimism for returning to their daily lives, as well as their sense of engagement in their physical recovery.

Conditions

Social Wellness Through Engagement in a Creative Process

Patient Engagement

Study ID

NCT02374658

Start date

Feb, 2015

Status verified date

Feb, 2015

Completion date

Apr, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Eligible participants must be health care centre inpatients with an average expected length of stay of 30 days or longer;
2. Eligible participants need to be able to speak, understand, and write English; eligible participants also need to be cognitively able to understand and give written consent and complete research questionnaires (either independently or with minimal assistance);
3. Eligible participants are willing and able to take part in either the intervention group (Living Through the Arts programming) or in the control group;
4. Eligible participants were either community-dwelling or have had a short stay in acute care (no longer than 4 weeks) prior to admission;
5. Eligible participants who are anticipated to return to their homes/communities (or to continue with their rehabilitation as outpatients) following their reconditioning rehabilitation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • early patient discharge (prior to the completion of minimum number of 4 sessions);
  • inability of patient to complete questionnaires (due to physical pain or cognitive decline);
  • transfer of patient to acute care (without return to slow-stream rehabilitation); and
  • (anticipated) transfer of patient to long-term care following rehabilitation.

Study Design

Enrollment

188 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Arts Intervention

This group will receive the weekly one-hour Living Through the Arts program in addition to their standard program of rehabilitation activities

no intervention: Control Group

This group of patients will only receive their standard program of rehabilitation activities

Interventions

Living Through the Arts Intervetion

A weekly one-hour creative arts program that will engage participants in several different creative processes, including visual art, music, dance, drama, and creative writing.

Primary outcome measure

  • Hope and optimism measured through pre- and post- program questionnaires [ Time Frame: 30 - 90 days ]
  • Future purpose measured through pre- and post- program questionnaires [ Time Frame: 30 - 90 days ]
  • patient engagement measured through pre- and post- program questionnaires [ Time Frame: 30-90 days ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Lisa Meschino, PhD

647-340-0092lisa.meschino@rcmusic.ca

Locations

The Royal Conservatoy of Music

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 1W2

More Information

Sponsor

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Last update posted

Mar 2, 2015

Last verified

Feb, 2015

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Royal Conservatory of Music on 2015-03-02.