The Impact of Art Therapy on the Relationships Between Individuals Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease and Their Care Partners

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia

• Registration Number: NCT06725251
• Lead Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a 4-week art therapy intervention on the relationships between individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and their care partners, on the self-esteem of diagnosed individuals, and on care partner attitudes towards persons with Alzheimer's disease.

Detailed Description

The aim is to develop and implement an art therapy intervention for dyads - each consisting of an individual diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease and his/her care partner - with the goals of improving patients' and care partners' sense of their relationship, increasing patients' self-esteem and improving care partner attitudes towards individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The specific intervention will be a portrait-making project utilizing a collage approach. Each participant (i.e. diagnosed individuals and care partners) will be instructed to create a portrait of him/herself. Participants will be provided with a sample portrait as well as bins of materials (e.g. words, images, markers). The intervention will be administered for 1 ½ hours weekly, at the same day/time, for 4 consecutive weeks.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08-26
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-02
• Study Completion: 2022-08-02
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-05
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 82

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Impact of Art Therapy on Quality of Dyadic Relationship	Week 4	Impact of art therapy on quality of dyadic relationship will be determined using the Dyadic Relationship Scale. The survey consists of 10 questions with a total score range of 10-40. The score is a measure of patient and care partner perceptions of their relationship. Lower scores indicate the perception of a poorer relationship (i.e. greater strain, lower positive interactions) and higher scores indicate a perceived better relationship (i.e. lower strain, greater positive interactions).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Impact of Art Therapy on Dementia Individuals' Self-esteem	Week 4	The impact of art therapy on the dementia diagnosed individuals' self-esteem will be determined by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The survey consists of 10 questions with a total score range of 0-30. The score is a measure of patient self-esteem, with lower scores meaning lower self-esteem and higher scores meaning higher self-esteem.
Impact of Art Therapy on Dementia Individuals' Sense of Stigma	Week 4	The impact of art therapy on diagnosed individuals' sense of stigma will be determined by the Stigma Impact Scale. The survey consists of 20 questions with a total score range of 0-80. The score is a measure of the patient's perception of stigma, with lower scores indicating lower perceived stigma and higher scores indicating greater perceived stigma.
Impact of Art Therapy on Care Partner Attitudes Towards Persons with Dementia	Week 4	The impact of art therapy on care partner attitudes towards persons with dementia will be determined by the Dementia Attitudes Scale. The survey consists of 20 questions with a total score range of 20-140. The score is a measure of care partner attitudes towards patients with dementia. Lower scores indicate lower knowledge and social comfort with persons with dementia and a higher score indicates greater knowledge and social comfort with persons with dementia.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Advocate Memory Center; 🇺🇸 Park Ridge, Illinois, United States