Effects of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Visits and Older Community Dwellers With a Precarious State

NCT03962985 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2020-1789
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 41
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effects of MMFA visits on psychological, health, social conditions and personal interactions in older community dwellers with a precarious state and to determine whether these effects may change precarity.

Conditions

Well Aging; Health Impairment; Social Isolation; Old Age

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Precarious social conditions

  It will be used a questionnaire called: Evaluation of Health Precariousness and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers(EPICE). This questionnaire has 11 questions that summarize 90% a precarious state. The answer to each question is assigned a coefficient, the sum of the 11 answers gives the EPICES score. The score is continuous and ranges from 0 (no precarious social conditions) to 100 (maximum level of precarious conditions).The threshold of 30 defined a precarious state.

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Well-being

  3 months

Study Arms (1)

Intervention

OTHER

The 41 participants will attend the guided tours at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Other: Guided tour at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Interventions

Guided tour at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts OTHER

* The duration of the participation -3 months * The duration of the guided tour-45 minutes, each week * All participants will be asked to fill out some specific online questionnaires during their participations in the study

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Being 65 years and over;
• Precarious condition defined with a score ≥30 (/100)
• Having an Internet access with an electronic device (i.e.; laptop, computer, smartphone, tablet) as the repetitive assessments for this study will be performed on the web platform of the Centre of Excellence on Longevity of McGill University;
• Understanding and writing the different languages of the recruitment centre (i.e., French, English, Chinese.);
• Severe frail condition determined with the Centre of Excellence self-administered questionnaire (CESAM)
• Living in Montreal

You may not qualify if:

• A concomitant participation to another clinical trial;
• Participation in another art-based activity;
• Palliative care;
• Living in residence;
• Having a moderate to severe mobility impairment (i.e. using a walker, a wheelchair or being unable to walk alone 10m).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jewish General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Social Isolation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Olivier Beauchet, MD

  Jewish General Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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: MD, Professor of Geriatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2019
• First Posted: May 24, 2019
• Study Start: July 23, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2022
• Study Completion: July 1, 2024
• Last Updated: July 23, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Locations

CA (1)