NCT05098756

The Effectiveness of Applying Art Therapy on Social Interaction, Self-esteem and Well-Being for Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care Institutions

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 82 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

When aging, older people migrate to long-term care institutions. The elderly residents lack autonomy due to the characteristics of group life. The decline of health function or the occurrence of diseases can easily lead to reduced physical activity, decreased interpersonal interaction, social withdrawal, low self-esteem, and decreased well-being. In current that emphasizes the elderly in health promotion and disease prevention activities, art therapy can be applied for the elderly to achieve the purpose of health promotion. Art therapy could effectively improve social interaction, self-esteem, and well-being; but many researchers still suggest that it is necessary to investigate the effectiveness of art therapy for elderly residents in long-term care institutions. The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of art therapy in improving social interaction, self-esteem, and well-being for elderly residents in long-term care institutions.

Conditions

• Long-Term Care
• Aged

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Art therapy	The art therapy in this study is once a week, 90 minutes each section for a total of 8-week, and using theme-oriented group art therapy. Each section has one theme, and the researcher guides the elderly to make artistic creations. Each section includes a warm-up phase is 15 minutes, the creative phase is 60 minutes, and sharing phase is 15 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-25
• Primary completion: 2022-02-01
• Completion: 2022-09-01
• First posted: 2021-10-28
• Last updated: 2022-01-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Taiwan