NCT05252507

Art for Hearts/Black Women's Hearts Paint Night

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to learn about different techniques that can be used to increase self-reflection, reduce stress, manage high blood pressure in Black women.

Detailed description

The researchers want to know how Black women process stress and cope with it during the pandemic, and if managing stress related through a tailored stress reduction activity/art program affect psychological and blood pressure outcomes over the course of 2 months. It is possible that this information may help people reduce their stress and get treatment for high blood pressure sooner, which can help prevent other heart problems over time.

Conditions

• Stress
• Blood Pressure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Paint Night	There will be 8 Sessions (4 paint nights and 4 educational sessions alternating weeks). For the painting sessions, participants will paint for 45 minutes and then participate in a combined presentation/discussion session (45 minutes). For the educational sessions, they will attend a 30-minute presentation presented by a researcher on heart health and then have the opportunity to discuss with the researcher and other members of the group (60 minutes).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-06
• Primary completion: 2022-10-04
• Completion: 2022-10-04
• First posted: 2022-02-23
• Last updated: 2022-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States