NCT05654376

Art Therapy to Promote Wellbeing and Self-care in Resident Physicians.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 23 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates if an art therapy intervention could lower resident physician's work-related stress and if it could promote their self-care.

Detailed description

The objective of this study is to determine if an art therapy intervention could promote the well-being of resident physicians of an university tertiary hospital, as specialized physicians trainees exposed to the risk of burnout. Using a cycle of 6 bimonthly sessions of group art therapy, the intervention stimulates the creative activity of the participants through various art materials and techniques. Next, they are invited to share their reflexions about the artworks produced, with the group and in presence of the art therapist. The study mainly evaluates the work-related stress and the self-care grade of the participants, before the intervention, just after it and after a follow-up period.

Conditions

• Work-Related Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Art therapy	Participant's creativity is stimulated by visual arts materials and various art therapy techniques, in relation to 6 topics: self-care, stress management, flourishing caregiving, challenging caregiving, loss and grief, and sense of professional meaning. The strategy consists of stimulating an observant and symbolic gaze, facilitating visual expression, promoting communication about what it has been expressed, and gather learning from the multidimensional impact of the creative art process (sensations, emotions, cognitions and spiritual experiences).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2024-06-01
• First posted: 2022-12-16
• Last updated: 2023-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain