The Singapore Art-Health Study

NCT05945589 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB-2020-02-005
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 112
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of the Singapore Art-Health RCT is to examine the effect of a standardized 12-week museum -based participatory art program on health condition, well-being, and quality of life in older community dweller, one that adheres to the Montreal Art-Health framework with culturally specific modifications that are fitting to the local Singaporean context. Participants will be randomized into an intervention group of a passive control group. Participants in the intervention group will be invited to participate in the 12-week Singapore Art-Health Intervention held at the National Gallery Singapore. All participants will be invited to complete four online psychometric assessments. Participants in the intervention group will be invited to completed an additional post-intervention survey and a feasibility focus group.

Conditions

Art; Wellness, Psychological; Frailty; Quality of Life

Keywords

Art; Museum; Quality of Life; Frailty

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (12)

• Quality of Life (EQ5D)

  Quality of life will be assessed by EuroQol-5D (EQ5D) which comprised of two parts: (1) 5-item scale on mobility, self-care, daily activities, pain, and depressive symptoms, (2) a visual analog scale of the participant's perceived health ranging from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health one can imagine)

  Baseline

• Change in Quality of Life (EQ5D)

  Quality of life will be assessed by EuroQol-5D (EQ5D) which comprised of two parts: (1) 5-item scale on mobility, self-care, daily activities, pain, and depressive symptoms, (2) a visual analog scale of the participant's perceived health ranging from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health one can imagine)

  5-week follow-up

• Change in Quality of Life (EQ5D)

  Quality of life will be assessed by EuroQol-5D (EQ5D) which comprised of two parts: (1) 5-item scale on mobility, self-care, daily activities, pain, and depressive symptoms, (2) a visual analog scale of the participant's perceived health ranging from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health one can imagine)

  9-week follow-up

• Change in Quality of Life (EQ5D)

  Quality of life will be assessed by EuroQol-5D (EQ5D) which comprised of two parts: (1) 5-item scale on mobility, self-care, daily activities, pain, and depressive symptoms, (2) a visual analog scale of the participant's perceived health ranging from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health one can imagine)

  12-week follow-up

• Mental Wellbeing (WEMWBS)

  Mental Wellbeing will be assessed by Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales (WEMWBS), a 14-item scale assessing various domains of wellbeing.

  Baseline

• Change in Mental Wellbeing (WEMWBS)

  Mental Wellbeing will be assessed by Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales (WEMWBS), a 14-item scale assessing various domains of wellbeing.

  5-week follow-up

• Change in Mental Wellbeing (WEMWBS)

  Mental Wellbeing will be assessed by Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales (WEMWBS), a 14-item scale assessing various domains of wellbeing.

  9-week follow-up

• Change in Mental Wellbeing (WEMWBS)

  Mental Wellbeing will be assessed by Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales (WEMWBS), a 14-item scale assessing various domains of wellbeing.

  12-week follow-up

• Frailty (CESAM)

  Frailty will be assessed by the Centre of Excellence on Longevity Self-administered Questionnaire (CESAM). It is a 20-item scale assessing multiple aspects of health such as drug intake, memory complaints, health service utilization, and activities of daily living.

  Baseline

• Change in Frailty (CESAM)

  Frailty will be assessed by the Centre of Excellence on Longevity Self-administered Questionnaire (CESAM). It is a 20-item scale assessing multiple aspects of health such as drug intake, memory complaints, health service utilization, and activities of daily living.

  5-week follow-up

• Change in Frailty (CESAM)

  Frailty will be assessed by the Centre of Excellence on Longevity Self-administered Questionnaire (CESAM). It is a 20-item scale assessing multiple aspects of health such as drug intake, memory complaints, health service utilization, and activities of daily living.

  9-week follow-up

• Change in Frailty (CESAM)

  Frailty will be assessed by the Centre of Excellence on Longevity Self-administered Questionnaire (CESAM). It is a 20-item scale assessing multiple aspects of health such as drug intake, memory complaints, health service utilization, and activities of daily living.

  12-week follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Singapore A-Health Group

EXPERIMENTAL

A 12-week professionally led participatory art program at the gallery with each week comprising one 2-hour art session, totaling 24 hours of museum tours and participatory art activities.

Behavioral: Singapore A-Health Intervention

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No art-based activities offered and advised not to participate in concurrent health and art-based interventions during the 12-week research period.

Interventions

Singapore A-Health Intervention BEHAVIORAL

The Singapore A-Health Intervention spanned 12 weeks, with each weekly session lasting for two hours. The program is structured around three thematic domains of the past, present, and future. In each thematic domain consisting of four weeks, participants were tasked with creating an artwork related to the theme and incorporating the learned art techniques. The structure of each thematic domain follows the same structure: the first week involved a 45-minute docent-led gallery tour on three selected pieces of artworks, followed by a 75-minute artist-led brainstorming session where participants were introduced to the techniques and discuss ideas on the artwork to be created. The subsequent three sessions involved further guidance from the artist and a scaffolded delivery of art techniques for participants to incorporate their learning to their artwork. At the end of each domain, there was a showcase where participants present their artwork.

Singapore A-Health Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• individuals above the age of 60,
• fluent in English
• able to access the internet to complete the online psychometric assessments

You may not qualify if:

• unable to provide informed consent
• diagnosed with mental health conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nanyang Technological University: lead
• National Gallery Singapore, Singapore: collaborator
• Sheffield Hallam University: collaborator
• Université de Montréal: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, 637332, Singapore

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Beauchet O, Cooper-Brown LA, Hayashi Y, Deveault M, Ho AHY, Launay CP. Health benefits of "Thursdays at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts": Results of a randomized clinical trial. Maturitas. 2021 Nov;153:26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.07.013. Epub 2021 Jul 31.

  PMID: 34654525 BACKGROUND

• Beauchet O, Bastien T, Mittelman M, Hayashi Y, Hau Yan Ho A. Participatory art-based activity, community-dwelling older adults and changes in health condition: Results from a pre-post intervention, single-arm, prospective and longitudinal study. Maturitas. 2020 Apr;134:8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.01.006. Epub 2020 Jan 13.

  PMID: 32143777 BACKGROUND

• Ho AHY, Ma SHX, Tan MKB, Bajpai R, Goh SSN, Yeo G, Teng A, Yang Y, Galery K, Beauchet O. Effects of participatory 'A'rt-Based Activity On 'Health' of Older Community-Dwellers: results from a randomized control trial of the Singapore A-Health Intervention. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Dec 21;10:1238562. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1238562. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 38188333 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being; Frailty

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Andy HY Ho, PhD, EdD

  Nanyang Technological University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Simple randomization was administered by a dedicated research team member using an automated randomizer. Consenting participants were randomly assigned a number, where 1 = Intervention group, and 2 = Control group. Participants and other members of the research team were blinded to the randomization outcomes, and the outcome of the allocation was revealed after completion of the baseline assessment.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Intervention group participants will be invited to engaged in a 12-week participatory art program at the gallery. Participants in the control condition will not offered any art-based activities. All participants were advised not to participate in concurrent health art-based interventions during the research period.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 5, 2023
• First Posted: July 14, 2023
• Study Start: March 2, 2021
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2021
• Study Completion: December 31, 2021
• Last Updated: July 14, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SG (1)