Bridging the Gap: Using Video Art to Document the Human Face of Disease & Predict Quality of Life Assessments in Brain Tumor Patients

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Completed

• Conditions: Brain Tumors; Quality of Life; Animal Assisted Therapy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Pet Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT02890940
• Lead Sponsor: Indiana University

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to explore whether facial expression changes in visual portraits correlate with Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaire responses before and after pet therapy sessions and to compare scores of QOL questionnaires before and after pet therapy.

Detailed Description

Through this pilot study, the investigators propose to create new intersections between video art and clinical care by photographing and videotaping patients with brain tumors before, during and after pet therapy sessions. This exploratory scholarship has two equally compelling goals. First, the artistic component of the project aims to create compelling slow motion video portraits of patients' willing to share their experiences of what it is like to confront such a grave illness. The goal is to put a human face on disease and share the endurance of the human spirit through art. Second, the scientific component will assess the potential of using facial video portraits as a novel and innovative way to measure Quality of Life (QOL) in lieu of questionnaires in brain tumor patients. In addition, the project will evaluate the effects of pet therapy on the QOL of these patients.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-06
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-07
• Primary Completion: 2020-05
• Study Completion: 2020-05
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-25
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with brain tumors
• Willingness to participate in a brief pet therapy session with a dog
• Willingness to allow photographs, pictures and audio used in an art exhibit

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Exclusion Criteria

• Allergy to dogs
• Concurrent disease or condition that would make the patient inappropriate for study participation or any serious medical or psychiatric disorder that would interfere with the subject's safety

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pet Therapy	Pet Therapy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Correlation of facial expression changes with QOL questionnaire responses	Immediately prior to therapy session to immediately after therapy session	Will look to see if there is a correlation between facial expression changes in visual portraits with QOL questionnaire responses before and after pet therapy sessions

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of scores of QOL questionnaires before and after pet therapy	Immediately prior to therapy session to immediately after therapy session	Will compare QOL questionnaire scores from before and after pet therapy sessions to see if there is a change after the pet therapy.