Bridging the Gap: Using Video Art to Document the Human Face of Disease & Predict Quality of Life Assessments in Brain Tumor Patients

NCT02890940 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1604467360
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 13
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to explore whether facial expression changes in visual portraits correlate with Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaire responses before and after pet therapy sessions and to compare scores of QOL questionnaires before and after pet therapy.

Conditions

Brain Tumors; Quality of Life; Animal Assisted Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Correlation of facial expression changes with QOL questionnaire responses

  Will look to see if there is a correlation between facial expression changes in visual portraits with QOL questionnaire responses before and after pet therapy sessions

  Immediately prior to therapy session to immediately after therapy session

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Comparison of scores of QOL questionnaires before and after pet therapy

  Immediately prior to therapy session to immediately after therapy session

Study Arms (1)

Pet Therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Pet Therapy

Interventions

Pet Therapy BEHAVIORAL

Patients will be asked to complete the standardized QLQ-C30/BN20 questionnaires. Following completion of the questionnaires, a trained pet therapy dog will be brought to the patients for approximately 10 minutes. After approximately 10 minutes, the dog will be removed and the patients will be asked to re-complete the standardized QLQ-C30/BN20 questionnaires. Patients will be photographed and videographed during this time. Finally, patients will be asked to talk about how their perspectives on life have changed with their diagnosis. These responses will be captured for use in the art exhibit created from images collected during the study.

Pet Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients with brain tumors
• Willingness to participate in a brief pet therapy session with a dog
• Willingness to allow photographs, pictures and audio used in an art exhibit

You may not qualify if:

• Allergy to dogs
• Concurrent disease or condition that would make the patient inappropriate for study participation or any serious medical or psychiatric disorder that would interfere with the subject's safety

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Indiana University: lead

Related Publications (9)

• Variations VII by John Cage (Experiments in Art & Technology), Artpix/Microcinema International, 2008, DVD.

  BACKGROUND

• Jill Fox, Artists-In-Labs: Networking in the Margins (New York: SpringerWien, 2010)

  BACKGROUND

• Karin Lipson, "Islip Exhibition Explores How Science Influences Art," The New York Times, October 22, 2015

  BACKGROUND

• "The Scar Project," accessed January 12, 2016, http://www.thescarproject.org/

  BACKGROUND

• "Ne Serait ce Qu' Une Seconde," The Mimi Foundation, accessed December 27, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFVMe8w0Tx0.

  BACKGROUND

• Ferry Q, Steinberg J, Webber C, FitzPatrick DR, Ponting CP, Zisserman A, Nellaker C. Diagnostically relevant facial gestalt information from ordinary photos. Elife. 2014 Jun 24;3:e02020. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02020.

  PMID: 24963138 BACKGROUND

• Langner, O., Dotsch, R., Bijlstra, G., Wigboldus, D. H. J., Hawk, S. T., & van Knippenberg, A. (2010). Presentation and validation of the Radboud Faces Database. Cognition and Emotion, 24(8), 1377-1388.

  BACKGROUND

• Taphoorn MJ, Sizoo EM, Bottomley A. Review on quality of life issues in patients with primary brain tumors. Oncologist. 2010;15(6):618-26. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2009-0291. Epub 2010 May 27.

  PMID: 20507891 BACKGROUND

• Liu R, Page M, Solheim K, Fox S, Chang SM. Quality of life in adults with brain tumors: current knowledge and future directions. Neuro Oncol. 2009 Jun;11(3):330-9. doi: 10.1215/15228517-2008-093. Epub 2008 Nov 10.

  PMID: 19001097 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Brain Neoplasms

Interventions

Animal Assisted Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Nervous System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Mahua Dey, MD

  Indiana University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Stefan Petranek

  Indiana University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Photography and Intermedia

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 1, 2016
• First Posted: September 7, 2016
• Study Start: August 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2020
• Study Completion: May 1, 2020
• Last Updated: September 28, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share