Characterization of Health Conditions of Visitors of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Characterization of Health Conditions of Visitors of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: A Prevalence Survey

This study evaluates the effects of arts on the Montreal Museum's clients.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Health Promotion; Prevention

Detailed Description

Acting early in the process of weakening elders in order to keep them longer in good health and socially active is possible. During the past decade, museums have become involved in the care of patients by using art to improve their quality of life and well-being. Museums have, thus, emerged as new partners in public health. Very few programs developed by museums have focused on elders. Only one focused on elders in situation of early frailty and demonstrated that it was possible, through participatory visual art-based activities, to improve the health status of elders living at home.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 316

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Quebec
    • Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2
      • Jewish General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The Montreal Museum's clients will be invited to participate in this study, and if they accept to be a part of it, we will ask them to fill out an online questionnaire.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 50 years old
• Coming at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for guided visits, arts activities, and so forth.

Exclusion Criteria

-No internet connection and electronic device like cell phone, Ipad or computer.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Observational; All participants who go to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will fill out an online questionnaire called: CESAM ( Self Administered Questionnaire). This questionnaire will asse participant's health condition. Moreover, the goal of the questionnaire is to evaluate if art activities may change the participants' health conditions in time.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Health Condition	Health condition will be evaluates based on a questionnaire called: CESAM(Self Administered Questionnaire). This is an assessment questionnaire that each participant will answer once. The questionnaire is designed that participant's answers to questions are scored. After the answers are summed , the Principal Investigator will obtain an overall measure of participant' health condition.	one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Jewish General Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 31, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 30, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): December 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 23, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 23, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): July 25, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 24, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 23, 2021
• Last Verified: August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Prevention, museum, art
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020-1878

Drug and device information, study documents

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