Making Intergenerational Connections Through Arts
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Conversation about arts and culture.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Older Adults. Basic parameters: from 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact on older adults' wellbeing of participating in a 10-week conversation about arts and culture with an international university student whose native language is not English.
Detailed description
Older adults residing in subsidized housing will participate in a series of online conversations over 10 weeks about various arts and culture with an international university student enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB); each weekly session will last for about 30 min to one hour.
Participants will complete survey questionnaires before and after the 10-week conversation program, and an exit interview at the end of the conversation program.
Interventions
- Behavioral Conversation about arts and culture
intergenerational conversation about arts and culture between older adults and international students who native language is not English.
Primary outcome measures
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale [Time frame: baseline]
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale [Time frame: at 10 weeks]
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale [Time frame: at 2 months]
- De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale [Time frame: baseline]
- De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale [Time frame: at 10 weeks]
- De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale [Time frame: at 2 months]
- Social Connectedness Scale (SCS) [Time frame: baseline]
- Social Connectedness Scale (SCS) [Time frame: at 10 weeks]
- Social Connectedness Scale (SCS) [Time frame: at 2 months]
- Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOSSS) [Time frame: baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (9)
- Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) [Time frame: baseline]
- Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) [Time frame: at 10 weeks]
- Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) [Time frame: at 2 months]
- Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) [Time frame: baseline]
- Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) [Time frame: at 10 weeks]
- Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) [Time frame: at 2 months]
- Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 items (PHQ-9) [Time frame: baseline]
- Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 items (PHQ-9) [Time frame: at 10 weeks]
- Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 items (PHQ-9) [Time frame: at 2 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Live alone
- older than 60 years old
- Residence in a subsidized apartment for at least one year
- Able to carry on a daily conversation with or without hearing aids
- Intact cognition as indicated by a score of greater than 5 on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)
- have a working smart phone that can do video-conferencing
- being able to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- having physical, or sensory (visual or hearing) deficits or language barriers (non-English communicators) that may impede study participation
- non-English speaker
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05986149 · IRB-300008546