Slow Art Plus: A Single Session Art Gallery-based Intervention for Mental Health Promotion

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Slow Art Plus: Developing and Piloting a Single Session Art Gallery-based Intervention for Mental Health Promotion Via a Mixed Method Waitlist Randomized Control Trial (RCT)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05803226
• Other study ID #: 04IDP001152C430
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 14, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Nanyang Technological University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Utilizing a Participatory Action Research (PAR) paradigm, this 12-month study will adopt a mixed method Waitlist Randomized Control Trial (RCT) with a built-in acceptability and feasibility study to test the efficacy of Slow Art Plus in reducing stress and empowering self-care among 200 participants.

Description:

The specific objectives are in four-folds: 1) To develop a standardized 90-minute single-session Slow Art Plus programme that integrates: (a) slow looking; (b) mindfulness meditation; (c) self-compassion activities; (d) reflective-creative expressions; and (e) dyadic sharing, to form a holistic mental health promotion intervention; 2) To assess the effectiveness of Slow Art Plus for reducing participants' perceived stress (primary outcomes); 3) To assess the effectiveness of Slow Art Plus for enhancing participants' self-awareness, self-care capacity, psychological resilience, and quality of life (secondary outcomes); and 4) To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the standardized Slow Art Plus protocol for large scale implementation in Singapore and greater Asia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• individuals who can communicate in English and provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• individuals who are suffering from depression or other major mental illness.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Compassion
• Mental Health Wellness 1
• Self Care

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Slow Art Plus
Slow Art Plus involved a full 90-minute engagement, one that is built upon the existing Slow Art programme with added layers of mindfulness and self-compassion practices, as well as a response art activity that fosters symbolic dialogue and an emotional aesthetic experience between participants and the selected artwork.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Singapore	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nanyang Technological University	National Gallery Singapore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Singapore, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	The PSS comprises 10-items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and clustered into 2 subscales of perceived helplessness (e.g., "In the past couple of days, how often have you felt nervous and stressed today"), and perceived self-efficacy (e.g., In the past couple of days, how often have you felt that things were going your way"). The PSS possesses strong internal validity, reliability, and cross-cultural applicability.	Pre-Intervention
Primary	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	The PSS comprises 10-items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and clustered into 2 subscales of perceived helplessness (e.g., "In the past couple of days, how often have you felt nervous and stressed today"), and perceived self-efficacy (e.g., In the past couple of days, how often have you felt that things were going your way"). The PSS possesses strong internal validity, reliability, and cross-cultural applicability.	Immediate Post Intervention
Primary	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	The PSS comprises 10-items rated on a 5-point Likert scale and clustered into 2 subscales of perceived helplessness (e.g., "In the past couple of days, how often have you felt nervous and stressed today"), and perceived self-efficacy (e.g., In the past couple of days, how often have you felt that things were going your way"). The PSS possesses strong internal validity, reliability, and cross-cultural applicability.	1-Day Follow-UP
Secondary	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (SF-FFMQ)	The SF-FFMQ comprises 20 items clustered into 5 subscales: (i) observe, (ii) describe, (iii) act with awareness, (iv) non-judging of inner experience, and (v) non-reactivity to inner experience. Higher scores indicating higher mindfulness capacity.	Pre-Intervention
Secondary	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (SF-FFMQ)	The SF-FFMQ comprises 20 items clustered into 5 subscales: (i) observe, (ii) describe, (iii) act with awareness, (iv) non-judging of inner experience, and (v) non-reactivity to inner experience. Higher scores indicating higher mindfulness capacity.	Immediate Post Intervention
Secondary	Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (SF-FFMQ)	The SF-FFMQ comprises 20 items clustered into 5 subscales: (i) observe, (ii) describe, (iii) act with awareness, (iv) non-judging of inner experience, and (v) non-reactivity to inner experience. Higher scores indicating higher mindfulness capacity.	1-Day Follow-Up
Secondary	Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF)	The SCS-SF comprises 12 items clustered into 6 subscales: (i) self-kindness, (ii) common humanity, (iii) mindfulness, (iv) self-judgement, (v) isolation, and (iv) over-identification. Higher scores indicating higher self-compassion capacity.	Pre-Intervention
Secondary	Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF)	The SCS-SF comprises 12 items clustered into 6 subscales: (i) self-kindness, (ii) common humanity, (iii) mindfulness, (iv) self-judgement, (v) isolation, and (iv) over-identification. Higher scores indicating higher self-compassion capacity.	Immediate Post Intervention
Secondary	Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF)	The SCS-SF comprises 12 items clustered into 6 subscales: (i) self-kindness, (ii) common humanity, (iii) mindfulness, (iv) self-judgement, (v) isolation, and (iv) over-identification. Higher scores indicating higher self-compassion capacity.	1-Day Follow-Up
Secondary	Ego-Resilience Scale-11 (ER-11)	The ER-11 comprises 11-items clustered into 3 subscales: (i) active engagement with the world, (ii) repertoire of problem-solving strategies, and (iii) integrated performance under stress. Higher scores indicating higher ego-resilience.	Pre-Intervention
Secondary	Ego-Resilience Scale-11 (ER-11)	The ER-11 comprises 11-items clustered into 3 subscales: (i) active engagement with the world, (ii) repertoire of problem-solving strategies, and (iii) integrated performance under stress. Higher scores indicating higher ego-resilience.	Immediate Post Intervention
Secondary	Ego-Resilience Scale-11 (ER-11)	The ER-11 comprises 11-items clustered into 3 subscales: (i) active engagement with the world, (ii) repertoire of problem-solving strategies, and (iii) integrated performance under stress. Higher scores indicating higher ego-resilience.	1-Day Follow-Up
Secondary	Single-Item Quality of Life Scale (SI-QOLS)	1 item measures quality of life. Higher scores indicating higher QOL.	Pre-Intervention
Secondary	Single-Item Quality of Life Scale (SI-QOLS)	1 item measures quality of life. Higher scores indicating higher QOL.	Immediate Post Intervention
Secondary	Single-Item Quality of Life Scale (SI-QOLS)	1 item measures quality of life.	1-Day Follow-Up