Sound and Vision: A Collaboration Between Service-users, Artists and the Public to Explore the Lived Experience of Hallucinations

April 27, 2021 updated by: John Suckling, University of Cambridge
Sound and Vision: A collaboration between service-users, artists and the public to explore the lived experience of hallucinations

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Detailed Description

Sound and Vision will pair local artists with patients who have had hallucinations to create art pieces that represent their hallucinatory experiences. Patients with diagnoses of schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease will be invited to take part in participating National Health Service (NHS) clinics, to capture and compare a wide range of hallucinatory experiences. Patients will meet with artists on several occasions who will then develop the piece, which may be a painting, drawing, or other media that the artist and service-user jointly select.

Completed artworks will be the centrepiece for an exhibition at United Kingdom (UK) science festivals and a digital (on-line) presentation. The exhibition will be accompanied by researchers explaining the brain science of hallucinations, recordings of patients and artists describing their experience with hallucinations and the process of developing the artworks, booklets cataloguing the exhibition, and art materials available for artistic expression of their own experiences. A digital compendium of the artworks and supporting material will be publicly available alongside the opportunity to complete an online survey exploring the themes of the artworks and collecting information on personal experiences. The objectives are to engage the public in an appreciation of the experience of hallucinations and their prevalence across many common mental health and neurodegenerative disorders, as well as an experience many people will share without ever being diagnosed. The exhibition will also encourage the public to share their own experiences through the online questionnaires creating a platform to begin to improve the understanding of the diversity of hallucination-like experiences in the general population.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

500

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The general publication attending an exhibition of artworks depicting the experience of hallucinations.

Description

No particular inclusion or exclusion criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
General population
The general public attending exhibitions of the artworks who wish to complete the on-line questionnaire and feedback

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
University of Miami Parkinson's disease Hallucinations Questionnaire (UM-PDHQ)
Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
The University of Miami Parkinson's disease Hallucinations Questionnaire (UM-PDHQ) is composed of 6 quantitative and 14 qualitative items to define the key characteristics of hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease. The first 6 questions score the severity of hallucinations with a minimum score is zero and a maximum of 14, with greater score indicating greater severity. The remaining 14 questions have qualitative answers.
Through study completion, an average of 1 year
The Multi-Modality Unusual Sensory Experiences Questionnaire (MUSEQ)
Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
The Multi-Modality Unusual Sensory Experiences Questionnaire (MUSEQ) is a 43-item self-report measure with each item rated on a five-point Likert scale, and assesses unusual sensory experiences in six modalities: auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, bodily sensations, and sensed presence. The minimum score is zero, the maximum score is 173 with a greater score indicating a higher frequency of unusual sensory experiences.
Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: John Suckling, University of Cambridge
  • Principal Investigator: Emilio Fernandez-Egea, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Nhs Foundation Trust
  • Principal Investigator: James Rowe, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 13, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 18, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

May 22, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 28, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 27, 2021

Last Verified

April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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