Virtual Guided Tour of the MMFA for Prevention of Social Isolation

NCT05046288 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022-1338
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 128
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It has previously been reported that participatory art-based activities may improve social inclusion, well-being, quality of life and health condition. Findings from the investigator's first study seem to confirm that the MMFA participatory art-based activity may improve well-being, quality of life and health condition in older community dwellers. However, these studies were performed before the COVID-19 crisis and were guided tours performed at the MMFA. A pilot study on virtual guided tour has been performed during COVID-19 pandemic (spring 2021). There is a need to confirm benefits with a randomized clinical trial. The hypothesize for this study is that a 3-month cycle of virtual weekly MMFA tours may induce changes in social isolation, well-being, quality of life and health condition (i.e., reduction of frailty) in older community dwellers. Because there is a positive correlation between severity of frailty and the occurrence of undesirable events like Emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, the investigator hypothesizes that virtual guided tours may decrease the frequency of ED visits and hospitalizations.

Conditions

Social Isolation; Well Aging; Quality of Life; Healthy Aging

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Social isolation

  social isolation which will be assessed using the 11-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI). .The index comprises two subscales: social interaction (i.e., frequency of interactions) and subjective support (i.e., satisfaction with emotional support provided). DSSI score ranges from 11 to 33, increased score indicating higher levels of social insertion. The scores of the 11 items are combined and categorized as low-fair (score ≤26), high (score 27-29) and very high (score 30-33). We will use as primary outcome the mean score of 11-item DSSI and its distribution in three categories.

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Frailty

  3 months

• socio-geriatric vulnerability

  3 months

• Well-being

  3 months

• quality of life

  3 months

• compliance

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Group 1

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will participate to the 3-month cycle of virtual guided tour of the MMFA and will complete assessments at M0 and at M3

Other: Virtual guided tours

Group 2

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will not participate to the 3-month cycle of virtual guided tour of the MMFA but will complete assessments at M0 and at M3

Interventions

Virtual guided tours OTHER

The intervention is a participatory art-based activity which consists in MMFA virtual guided tours. Each virtual guided tour is performed with a group of 6 to 7 participants. They meet online one time per week for a 30 to 45 min of a guided tour during a 3-month period. Each tour is different and supervised by a MMFA trained guide.

Group 1

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• age 65 and over;
• living in Quebec, at home in an urban area;
• reading, understanding and writing the languages of the recruitment centre (i.e., French or English or Chinese mandarin) because all the questionnaires are available in French, in English and in Chinese mandarin, and because the guides of the museum performing the virtual guided tours speak French and/or English, with a translator in Chinese mandarin.
• Having an Internet access and an electronic device (smartphone, laptop, computer and/or tablet with a functional cam) at the participant's place of living as the repetitive assessments for this study will be performed on the web platform of the CRIUGM, and the guided tours will be virtual.

You may not qualify if:

• Cannot participate to a clinical trial at the same time, to avoid interferences with the outcomes of the studied intervention in this protocol.
• Having participated to a participatory art-based activity of the MMFA during the 3 month-period before the recruitment. A participation to any other museum activities may be assimilate to an intervention. As it could interfere with our outcomes, participants are not allowed to participate to any other museum activity, in any museum, during their 3-month participation. We previously showed that museum activities may change the outcomes studied in this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre integre universitaire de sante et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal: lead

Study Sites (1)

CRIUGM

Montreal, Quebec, H3W 1W5, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Beauchet O, Matskiv J, Galery K, Goossens L, Lafontaine C, Sawchuk K. Benefits of a 3-month cycle of weekly virtual museum tours in community dwelling older adults: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Aug 16;9:969122. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.969122. eCollection 2022.

  PMID: 36052331 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Social Isolation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD, PhD, Senior researcher, Director of laboratory

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2021
• First Posted: September 16, 2021
• Study Start: January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2022
• Study Completion: June 1, 2022
• Last Updated: February 8, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)