A Pilot Study of Creative Arts Interventions for Neurology Inpatients

NCT03520777 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 30498
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 33
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the feasibility of a Creative Artists Program intervention with epilepsy and headache patients admitted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for care by the Department of Neurology.

Conditions

Epilepsy; Migraine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of conducting a creative arts intervention study

  The feasibility of the creative intervention will be determined by the completion rates of the initial intervention attempts. If less than 50% of patients complete the intervention it will be deemed unfeasible in the current format.

  Through study completion, approximately 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change in patient anxiety before and after the intervention

  Each patient will be assessed at baseline (Day 1) and after the intervention (approximately Day 3 - 21).

• Change in patient distress before and after the intervention

  Each patient will be assessed at baseline (Day 1) and after the intervention (approximately Day 3 - 21).

• Change in patient depression before and after the intervention

  Each patient will be assessed at baseline (Day 1) and after the intervention (approximately Day 3 - 21).

• Change in frequency of as-needed pain medication use

  Each patient as-needed medication use will be assessed after the arts intervention and until discharge from the hospital (approximately Day 3 - 21).

• Length of hospital stay

  Each patient's admission duration (approximately 3 - 21 Days).

Study Arms (1)

Artist Intervention

OTHER

One of the three artists (visual artist, music therapist, creative writer) will work with subjects for up to 90 minutes.

Other: Art Intervention

Interventions

Art Intervention OTHER

Type of artist intervention will be determined by the subject and the assigned artist.

Artist Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Age \> or = 18 years
• Diagnosis of refractory chronic epilepsy, status migrainosus, or chronic daily headache
• Elective admission to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Epilepsy monitoring unit or Headache service
• Capable of giving informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Active psychiatric illness that prohibits safe visitation by artists
• Impairment of vision or hearing that would prohibit able to participate with participation in instructions necessary for the interventions.
• Active general medical condition that would impair consciousness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Epilepsy; Migraine Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Headache Disorders, Primary; Headache Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2018
• First Posted: May 11, 2018
• Study Start: September 19, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2018
• Study Completion: June 30, 2018
• Last Updated: July 18, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-07

Locations

US (1)