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Cultural Arts Programme for Older Chinese

NCT06527625 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2025-09-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study examines the effectiveness of an innovative cultural arts program in reducing depressive symptoms and age-related self-stigma among older Chinese as compared to service as usual through a randomized waitlist controlled trial.

Conditions

  • Depressive Symptoms
  • Ageism
  • Older Adults
  • Psychosocial Intervention
  • Art

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cultural Arts Program

9-session group art program using Chinese calligraphy as the channel for gaining emotional awareness and facilitating expression

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Treatment as usual provided in local community aged care centres

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tianyin Liu, PhD · The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-01
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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