NCT06130358

Investigating the Effects of a Museum Intervention on the Psychological and Cardiac Health of Older Adults

HeART-BRAIN : Investigating the Effects of a Museum Intervention on the Psychological and Cardiac Health of Older Adults With and Without Atrial Fibrillation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Louis Bherer · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In a recent report, the World Organization for Health provided some evidence that artistic and cultural activities can support the health and well-being of the population. Our previous research suggests that the effect of museum visits on well-being and stress might be tied to relaxing proprieties of contact with art objects, especially when the artwork is viewed with an introspective and self-reflexive approach. This study addresses the effect of a well-being museum intervention of six weeks on cerebral activity associated with artwork contemplation during a museum visit and assesses how it affects the psychological and cardiovascular health of older adults with and without atrial fibrillation. The well-being intervention will engage the participant in a series of 6 visits, in groups of 10, oriented on his feelings, impressions, and interpretations of artworks. This well-being museum intervention will be compared to visits typically provided in the museum, in a cross-over single-blinded design.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation Recurrent
• Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental: Well-being intervention followed by classic intervention	2 x 6 weeks of weekly museum visits
OTHER	Experimental: Classic intervention followed by well-being intervention	2 x 6 weeks of weekly museum visits

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2025-02-01
• Completion: 2025-02-01
• First posted: 2023-11-14
• Last updated: 2023-11-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada