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Developing an Evidence Base for the Use of Art Psychotherapy Within a Perinatal Mental Health Service

NCT04107389 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2022-07-22

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Summary

Primary Outcomes:

* To measure the impact of art therapy within this specific perinatal client group
* Attempt to establish a quality evidence base for the intervention within this setting

Secondary Outcomes:

* Capture the participants lived experience of Art Therapy
* Measure participant interaction with art materials during Art Therapy intervention
* Measure any changes in mental wellbeing of the participants during Art Therapy intervention
* Monitor patient reported quality of life during Art Therapy intervention
* Record changes in mother-infant interaction during Art Therapy intervention

Hypotheses:

* The measures will show an improvement in mental wellbeing, quality of life and mother-infant interaction in participants who receive the Art Therapy intervention compared to the baseline measurements taken at the start of the intervention.
* The wait-list control group who have not yet received the intervention will display lower scores on the above measures, prior to receiving the Art Therapy intervention.

The aim of this study is to measure the impact of art therapy within this specific perinatal client group in order to attempt to establish an evidence base for the intervention within this setting; while following a primarily quantitative approach with complimentary qualitative elements. Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy, based upon the premise of utilising art materials as a form of expression and communication; the roots of the theoretical approach lie in a psychodynamic approach to working with the unconscious.

Conditions

  • Perinatal Mental Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Art Psychotherapy, Art Therapy

Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy, based upon the premise of utilising art materials as a form of expression and communication; the roots of the theoretical approach lie in a psychodynamic approach to working with the unconscious.

BEHAVIORAL

Wait List

Wait list control group. Participants randomised to Wait List group or Intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Derby

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jamie Bird · University of Derby

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-26
Primary Completion
2022-05-26
Completion
2022-05-26

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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