The effect of group art therapy on stress, depression, anxiety and loneliness of the elderly living in the nursing homes in North Khorasan Province in 2023

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Conditions: Anxiety, stress, depression, loneliness, group art therapy, elderly.

Registration Number: IRCT20240122060767N1

Lead Sponsor: Bojnourd University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Age over 60 years
Not suffering from cognitive disorders or types of dementia
Having the ability to participate in art therapy courses and drawing and making crafts
Ability to speak and understand persian
Not having physical-motor disabilities or types of neurological and movement disorders (plegia or Parkinson's) severe enough to interfere with group therapy programs
Not having a known mood disorder (major depression or anxiety)

Exclusion Criteria

Failure to participate in one or more sessions of group art therapy programs
Failure to complete the questionnaire in the post-exam phase
Suffering from any debilitating physical and mental illness
Hospitalization

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention and two weeks after the last intervention session. Method of measurement: Depression, anxiety and stress scale DASS-21.;Stress. Timepoint: Before the intervention and two weeks after the last intervention session. Method of measurement: Depression, anxiety and stress scale DASS-21.;Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention and two weeks after the last intervention session. Method of measurement: Depression, anxiety and stress scale DASS-21.;Loneliness. Timepoint: Before the intervention and two weeks after the last intervention session. Method of measurement: De Jong-Girold Loneliness Questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures