Utilizing the Arts to Improve Health, Resilience, and Well-Being Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers

Utilizing the Arts to Improve Health, Resilience, and Well-Being in Individuals With Cancer and Their Caregivers: A Feasibility Study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of arts-based programming on health, well-being, and resilience. Patients who have cancer or are the caregivers of someone with cancer are being asked to take part in this study.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Arts-Based Programming

Detailed Description

Objective:

Primary:

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of arts-based programming for community-dwelling cancer survivors and caregivers. Feasibility and acceptability will be assessed based on:

1. Recruitment
2. Participation
3. Retention (drop-outs)
4. Satisfaction

Secondary:

To assess the participants' ability to:

1. Define goals and strategies using the contents of the program.
2. Implement the strategies in their daily activities in the short-term.
3. Continue to use these strategies after the program ends.

Exploratory:

To perform exploratory analyses on the impact of arts-based programming on health, resilience, and well-being.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 6
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
      • Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able to participate in all program sessions
• Cognitively able to consent to participate
• Speaks, reads, and writes English
• Diagnosis of cancer or caregiver of someone with cancer

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe visual or auditory impairment
• Severe and/or uncontrolled comorbidity precluding safe participation in a physical activity program

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: arts-based programming for cancer survivors and caregivers; This is a 8-week, arts-based, health, resilience, and well-being program.

Behavioral: Arts-Based Programming; This feasibility study includes educational components and an experiential components which are assessed with pre- and post-tests. The topics of these components include: Introduction to the Arts and Health; Music, Well-Being, and Resilience; Movement and Physical Activity; Art and Well-Being; Theater and Socialization; Art Appreciation and a Healthy Brain; and Summary/Integration of the Arts into Daily Lives. The impact of this program will be assessed with qualitative follow-up interviews.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Feasibility: Number of participants recruited in the study	Study will be feasible if recruitment goal is met with 10-20 participants enrolled	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study
Feasibility: Average number of session attended by participants	Study will be feasible if average number of session attended will be greater than or equal to 4	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study
Percent of patients who drop out of study	Study will be feasible if no more than 25% of patients drop out of study	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study
Satisfaction Score	Satisfaction will be high in post-test surveys	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Qualitative Impact of arts-based programming on health	Impact of program on health described in phenomenological interviews	Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)
Qualitative Impact of arts based programming on resilience	Impact of program on resilience described in phenomenological interviews	Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)
Qualitative Impact of arts based programming on well-being	Impact of program on well-being described in phenomenological interviews	Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lisa M Gallagher, MA, MT-BC, Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 25, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 13, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): April 13, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 1, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 1, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): September 6, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 26, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2018
• Last Verified: April 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Art Therapy; Music Therapy
• Other Study ID Numbers: CASE14Z17

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No