Olfaction, Virtual Reality and Art in Health

NCT05292703 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 22-PP-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 51
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to compare the well-being of a group of seniors participating for a month in face-to-face sessions of artistic and olfactory activities with another group of seniors performing the same type of activity for a month but remotely with connection to a dedicated application. Well-being, Quality of Life, Health, Apathy and Olfactory identification scales are proposed before the intervention, at the end of the intervention (V0, V1), then 3 months after the end of the intervention. A Usability Evaluation questionnaire will be sent to the participants of the remote group after use (V1).

Conditions

Elderly People

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• change in Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMBS)

  The 14-item scale WEMWBS has 5 response categories, summed to provide a single score. The items are all worded positively and cover both feeling and functioning aspects of mental wellbeing, thereby making the concept more accessible.

  At the beginning, after the session and 3 months after the end of the session

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Quality of life scale (EQ5D)

  At the beginning, after the session and 3 months after the end of the session

• Health scale (CESAM)

  At the beginning, after the session and 3 months after the end of the session

• Apathy scale (b-DAS)

  At the beginning, after the session and 3 months after the end of the session

• User experience evaluation questionnaire (Usability Evaluation)

  After the session and 3 months after the end of the session

• Olfactory identification test (Bellecôte)

  At the beginning, after the session et 3 months after the end of the session

Study Arms (2)

face-to-face group

EXPERIMENTAL

In the face-to-face group, the intervention is a participatory activity based on art and olfactory stimulation which consists of practicing art in a group under supervision, involving the participants directly in the creative process, allowing them to become co-authors. Participants will meet once a week for 4 weeks for a 2-hour workshop at the Institut Claude Pompidou in Nice in a dedicated space, adapted to health circumstances and respecting social distancing measures. Due to the health crisis, the workshops will be offered in several groups ranging from 8 to 10 participants, these groups will be equal. A different theme will be offered each week. Each workshop will be led by the same artist who will propose creative activities to be carried out by the participants and each session will result in a creation that the participant will take away, bringing into play artistic skills and olfactory identification capacities

Other: Participatory activity based on art and olfactory stimulation

remote group

EXPERIMENTAL

For the remote group, immediately after randomization, they will receive the connection link to the internet application and an individual connection code. The intervention is a participative activity based on art and olfactory stimulation which consists of practicing art virtually in conjunction with olfactory identification by following a dedicated program developed in partnership with the same artist involved in the workshops in presence, so that the virtual activities are very similar to those of the face-to-face workshop. The artistic workshops will take place according to 4 themes with a different theme per week. Each workshop end with an original artistic creation received by email, bringing into play artistic skills and olfactory identification capacities. Each participant will connect once a week at their convenience during 4 weeks.

Other: practicing art virtually in conjunction with olfactory identification

Interventions

Participatory activity based on art and olfactory stimulation OTHER

practicing art in a group under supervision, involving the participants directly in the creative process, allowing them to become co-authors. Participants will meet once a week for 4 weeks for a 2-hour workshop at the Institut Claude Pompidou in Nice in a dedicated space, A different theme will be offered each week. Each workshop will be led by the same artist who will propose creative activities to be carried out by the participants and each session will result in a creation that the participant will take away, bringing into play artistic skills and olfactory identification capacities.

face-to-face group

practicing art virtually in conjunction with olfactory identification OTHER

For the remote group, , they will receive the connection link to the internet application and an individual connection code. The intervention is a participative activity based on art and olfactory stimulation which consists of practicing art virtually in conjunction with olfactory identification by following a dedicated program developed in partnership with the same artist involved in the workshops in presence, so that the virtual activities are very similar to those of the face-to-face workshop. The artistic workshops will take place according to 4 themes with a different theme per week. Each workshop end with an original artistic creation received by email, bringing into play artistic skills and olfactory identification capacities. Each participant will connect once a week at their convenience during 4 weeks.

remote group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• aged 65 or more
• Get internet access and an electronic tool such as a smartphone or tablet,
• Be fluent in French language.
• Be available during participatory artistic workshop sessions.
• Be affiliated with Social Security

You may not qualify if:

• Not fluent in french language,
• Being under guardianship or curatorship or safeguard of justice,
• Being unable to give or sign consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU de Nice Centre Mémoire

Nice, France

Location

Study Officials

• AURIANE GROS, SPEECH THERAPIST

  CMRR

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 1, 2022
• First Posted: March 23, 2022
• Study Start: October 6, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 21, 2023
• Study Completion: March 21, 2023
• Last Updated: March 22, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Locations

FR (1)