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CompletedNCT04281654

Effects of Arts Engagement on Physical Performance, Cognition, Social Isolation, and Self-Perception in Older Adults

Effects of Arts Engagement Programs on Physical Performance, Cognition, Social Isolation, and Self Perception in Older Adults

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
64 (actual)
Sponsor
George Mason University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
65 Years – 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this community-engaged project is to examine how taking part in different arts (dance \& music), compared to control (no arts) affects older adults' Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL using the Short Form-20(SF) form), physical performance (Short Physical Performance Battery-SPPB), cognition (using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-MoCA), social engagement (National Social Life, Health, \& Aging Project-NSHAP survey), and perceptions of self (focus interviews).

Detailed description

In this Randomized-Controlled-Trial, 60 adults (20/condition) will take part in 20, 45-minute sessions (ballroom dance, ukulele/guitar playing, or control- i.e. social conversation), 2 times/week for 10 weeks. While the investigators know that arts participation improves function in older adults, exact effects of different arts programs on health outcomes remains unclear. The investigators plan to fill this gap by studying how different arts participation affect health outcomes. The overall aim is to study how arts engagement helps older adults remain active and influences physical, psychological, and emotional functioning.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERActive Social ConversationActive Social Conversation

Timeline

Start date
2019-09-01
Primary completion
2020-04-25
Completion
2020-04-26
First posted
2020-02-24
Last updated
2022-03-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04281654. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.