Cultural Arts Programme for Older Chinese

NCT ID: NCT06527625

Last Updated: 2025-09-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

63 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-01

Study Completion Date

2025-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study examines the effectiveness of an innovative cultural arts program in reducing depressive symptoms and age-related self-stigma among older Chinese as compared to service as usual through a randomized waitlist controlled trial.

Detailed Description

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Depressive symptoms are common among community-dwelling older people, and prevention and early detection can reduce the incidence of depressive disorders. However, internalized ageism and stigma of mental illness may disempower older people and impede help-seeking behaviors among those at risk of depression. Nonpharmacological interventions may reduce stigma, and among different approaches, arts-based programs are gaining attention because arts are deemed enjoyable, stigma-free, and conducive to mental health.

This study adopts a waitlist-controlled trial and examines the effectiveness of an innovative cultural art programme to combat internalised ageism and reduce depressive symptoms compared with service as usual. Community-dwelling older adults (age 60 years and over) at risk for depression will be recruited and randomised to receive cultural arts (experimental group) or service as usual (waitlist control group). Assessments will be administered by trained researcher(s) at baseline (T0), and completion of the 9-session intervention (T1). Effectiveness analyses will be based on changes in assessments at different time points between intervention and control groups.

Conditions

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Depressive Symptoms Ageism Older Adults Psychosocial Intervention Art

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Arts group

A 9-week Cultural Art Program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cultural Arts Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

9-session group art program using Chinese calligraphy as the channel for gaining emotional awareness and facilitating expression

Waitlist control

Treatment as usual

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment as usual

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual provided in local community aged care centres

Interventions

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Cultural Arts Program

9-session group art program using Chinese calligraphy as the channel for gaining emotional awareness and facilitating expression

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Treatment as usual provided in local community aged care centres

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* aged 60 years or above;
* at risk for depression, i.e., Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score under 10; or
* having at least one risk factor of depression, including frequent loneliness, lack of social interaction, lack of meaningful/enjoyable activities, chronic pain, more than four chronic diseases, or bereavement.

Exclusion Criteria

* known history of autism, intellectual disability, schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, Parkinson's disease, or dementia;
* illiterate;
* physically frail; or
* significant suicidal risk.
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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LIU Tianyin Bridget

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Tianyin Liu, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong

Locations

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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HSEARS20240227002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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