Health Impairment, Old Age, Social Isolation, Well Aging
Conditions
Brief summary
This study evaluates the effects of MMFA visits on psychological, health, social conditions and personal interactions in older community dwellers with a precarious state and to determine whether these effects may change precarity.
Detailed description
Precarity is a vulnerable state exposing individuals to adverse health, psychological social events. Older adults are exposed to precarity, especially those who were the old generation of immigrants in Canada. Art-based activities have also been proposed to community dwellers and have shown positive effects on health outcomes and are determinants for well-being with aging. The effects of participatory art-based activities on precarity in older adults have never been examined. Recently, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) developed a new participatory art-based activity which is a 3 month-period of weekly museum visits for precarious populations.
Interventions
OTHERGuided tour at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
* The duration of the participation -3 months * The duration of the guided tour-45 minutes, each week * All participants will be asked to fill out some specific online questionnaires during their participations in the study
Sponsors
Jewish General Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being 65 years and over; * Precarious condition defined with a score ≥30 (/100) * Having an Internet access with an electronic device (i.e.; laptop, computer, smartphone, tablet) as the repetitive assessments for this study will be performed on the web platform of the Centre of Excellence on Longevity of McGill University; * Understanding and writing the different languages of the recruitment centre (i.e., French, English, Chinese.); * Severe frail condition determined with the Centre of Excellence self-administered questionnaire (CESAM) * Living in Montreal
Exclusion criteria
* A concomitant participation to another clinical trial; * Participation in another art-based activity; * Palliative care; * Living in residence; * Having a moderate to severe mobility impairment (i.e. using a walker, a wheelchair or being unable to walk alone 10m).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Precarious social conditions | 3 months | It will be used a questionnaire called: Evaluation of Health Precariousness and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers(EPICE). This questionnaire has 11 questions that summarize 90% a precarious state. The answer to each question is assigned a coefficient, the sum of the 11 answers gives the EPICES score. The score is continuous and ranges from 0 (no precarious social conditions) to 100 (maximum level of precarious conditions).The threshold of 30 defined a precarious state. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Well-being | 3 months | It will be used a questionnaire called: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale questionnaire (WEMWBS).The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale questionnaire is a validated questionnaire composed by 14 positively worded item scale with five response categories. It covers most aspects of positive mental health (positive thoughts and feelings). |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed