An interventional study of 3 session program of "art therapy" in Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders and Mental Disorder, sponsored by Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, E.P.E.. Status unknown at 1 site in Portugal. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-10-10.
Sponsored by Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, E.P.E. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening
Background: Given the complexity of this problem, psychiatric in-patients in the acute stage of their disease need different types of therapeutic programs to recover they mental health state. Usually they're submitted to systematic biological programs (namely psychopharmaceuticals), often considered a priority when compared to psychosocial programs. Among the different therapies that have been introduced in this context "art therapy", also named creative therapy, can constitute a treatment that complements the allopathic treatments, providing improvements in self-esteem and self-efficiency, distraction and relief from concerns and negative thoughts. Scientific evidence on the effects of psychosocial programs in the context of hospitalization of acute cases is scarce.
Aims: a) evaluate the effectiveness of a 3 session program of "art therapy" in changing emotional indicators, namely depression, anxiety, stress, and psychological well-being, in individuals with mental illness; b) analyze the meanings a person attributes to his creative self-expression.
Method: This is a pre-experimental, prospective study, with a pre test-post test design without control group, with a mixed approach (quantitative and qualitative). The study was performed in the psychiatry unit (Psiquiatria B), in the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra - Portugal. The target population was composed by men (older than 18), hospitalized in this ward. The exclusion criteria were: individuals with active psychotic symptomology, in manic phase and/or refusing to participate. The instruments used to collect information were: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale [DASS-21]; Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB - 18 item version) and a semi-structured interview.
Data collection and the development of this study occurred in the following manner:
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Development of the program applied as a group, during three weeks, one session a week, each lasting approximately 90 minutes and assisted by a specialist in plastic expression. Each session was held in an occupational therapy room, including all the material deemed necessary for the execution of some of the techniques introduced by the technician. After each session, a semi-structured interview was conducted with each participant in order to analyze the meanings attributed.
Behavioral: 3 session program of "art therapy"
With this program, we expect to offer socio-emotional well-being in the psychiatric context, and creative self-expression through painting. In addition, we hope to provide contributions towards the creation of quality standards of the professional practice of nurses, within the context of implementing psychosocial programs in mental health.
Change from Baseline in the participant's emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress
Outcome measure - Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale \[DASS-21\] - (Lovibond et al.,1995 adapted by Apóstolo, Mendes \& Azeredo, 2006)
Time frame: Post-intervention assessment (week 3)
Change from Baseline in the participant's psychological well-being
Outcome measure - Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB - 18 item version) - (Ryff, 1989 adapted by Novo, Neto, Marcelino \& Santo, 2006)
Time frame: Post-intervention assessment (week 3)
Semi-structured interview
Aim: explore in a psychiatric context \[in the acute stage of the disease\] the sick person's experiences related to expression by painting after each of three scheduled interviews, during hospitalization.
Time frame: Post-intervention assessment (week 3)
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