NCT05986149

Making Intergenerational Connections Through Arts

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact on older adults' wellbeing of participating in a 10-week conversation about arts and culture with an international university student whose native language is not English.

Detailed description

Older adults residing in subsidized housing will participate in a series of online conversations over 10 weeks about various arts and culture with an international university student enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB); each weekly session will last for about 30 min to one hour. Participants will complete survey questionnaires before and after the 10-week conversation program, and an exit interview at the end of the conversation program.

Conditions

• Older Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Conversation about arts and culture	intergenerational conversation about arts and culture between older adults and international students who native language is not English.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-02
• Primary completion: 2029-08-31
• Completion: 2029-09-01
• First posted: 2023-08-14
• Last updated: 2025-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States