Arts & Health Education to Improve Health, Resilience, and Well-Being

Summary

This is an 8-week randomized controlled trial to help address health, resilience, and well-being. Participants are randomized into either a health education group or an arts-based health education group. Both groups will attend for 8 weeks and various study assessments will be conducted in order to measure the experience and impact of the program. Anyone 18 years and older with a chronic health condition (for example, diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, asthma, weight, anxiety, depression, cardiac, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and many more) are eligible to participate.

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• COPD
• CHF
• High Cholesterol
• Asthma
• Chronic Pain
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Heart Diseases
• Stroke

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HeRe We Arts

Art Therapy interventions to promote health, resilience \& well-being will discussed; \& experiences such as key chain making, collaging on journal covers, creating sculpture garden will be utilized. Music therapy interventions such as lyric discussion, singing, instrument playing, \& music-assisted relaxation techniques will be utilized; \& discussion of use of music to elicit positive physical \& emotional responses will be held. Drums Alive (drumming \& movement) will be used to promote physical activity. Art appreciation will include discussion of public art forms. Journaling will include different techniques for journaling, writing poetry, etc. Theater games such as Password, Press Conference, Props Only, \& Draw What You Hear will be utilized. Chair yoga will be introduced as a form of exercise. Education will be provided on the various topics.

BEHAVIORAL

HeRe We Ed

Educational components and some experiential components will be utilized to educate the participants on health, resilience, well-being, nutrition, healthy eating, weight management, eating disorders, obesity, exercise, physical activity, sleep hygiene and the importance of sleep, mental health, stress management, the importance of improving life satisfaction, holistic approaches, wellness, integrative medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, chronic illness, chronic pain, methods for dealing with chronic versus acute illnesses, changing behaviors and/or maintaining healthy behaviors in order to promote health and stay out of the hospital, and navigating the healthcare system. Specific experiential components will include Chair Yoga and Stress Management Techniques.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Endowment for the Arts, United States

  collaborator FED

• Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Cleveland Clinic

  collaborator OTHER

• Lisa Gallagher

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lisa M Gallagher, MA · The Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-07-01

Primary Completion

2020-06-23

Completion

2020-06-23

Countries

• United States

Study Locations