Utilizing the Arts to Improve Health, Resilience, and Well-Being Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers

NCT03272880 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CASE14Z17
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 6
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of arts-based programming on health, well-being, and resilience. Patients who have cancer or are the caregivers of someone with cancer are being asked to take part in this study.

Conditions

Cancer

Keywords

Art Therapy; Music Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Feasibility: Number of participants recruited in the study

  Study will be feasible if recruitment goal is met with 10-20 participants enrolled

  Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study

• Feasibility: Average number of session attended by participants

  Study will be feasible if average number of session attended will be greater than or equal to 4

  Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study

• Percent of patients who drop out of study

  Study will be feasible if no more than 25% of patients drop out of study

  Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study

• Satisfaction Score

  Satisfaction will be high in post-test surveys

  Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Qualitative Impact of arts-based programming on health

  Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)

• Qualitative Impact of arts based programming on resilience

  Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)

• Qualitative Impact of arts based programming on well-being

  Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)

Study Arms (1)

arts-based programming for cancer survivors and caregivers

EXPERIMENTAL

This is a 8-week, arts-based, health, resilience, and well-being program.

Behavioral: Arts-Based Programming

Interventions

Arts-Based Programming BEHAVIORAL

This feasibility study includes educational components and an experiential components which are assessed with pre- and post-tests. The topics of these components include: Introduction to the Arts and Health; Music, Well-Being, and Resilience; Movement and Physical Activity; Art and Well-Being; Theater and Socialization; Art Appreciation and a Healthy Brain; and Summary/Integration of the Arts into Daily Lives. The impact of this program will be assessed with qualitative follow-up interviews.

arts-based programming for cancer survivors and caregivers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Able to participate in all program sessions
• Cognitively able to consent to participate
• Speaks, reads, and writes English
• Diagnosis of cancer or caregiver of someone with cancer

You may not qualify if:

• Severe visual or auditory impairment
• Severe and/or uncontrolled comorbidity precluding safe participation in a physical activity program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Case Comprehensive Cancer Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Study Officials

• Lisa M Gallagher, MA, MT-BC

  Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: This will be a pre-post intervention observational study utilizing a mixed methods approach

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 1, 2017
• First Posted: September 6, 2017
• Study Start: September 25, 2017
• Primary Completion: April 13, 2018
• Study Completion: April 13, 2018
• Last Updated: April 26, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-04

Locations

US (1)