An Evaluation on a Mental Health Art Exhibition's Impact on Reducing Stigma

Mental Health Issue Clinical Trial

Official title: An Evaluation on a Mental Health Art Exhibition's Impact on Reducing Stigma: a Real-world Quasi-experimental Study

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Mental health art exhibitions, as an intervention strategy integrating artistic expression and social contact, have the potential to positively impact the elimination of stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems. This study will utilize a real-world quasi-randomized controlled trial design and a 6-month follow-up questionnaire survey to evaluate the intervention's impact on stigma/discrimination and related outcomes, such as mental health literacy. The evaluation will encompass four categories of people: those with lived experience of mental disorders, family members and friends of those with lived experience, health professionals, and the general public. Additionally, the cost-effectiveness of the art exhibition intervention will be analyzed.

Clinical Trial Description

Mental health art exhibitions, as an intervention strategy integrating artistic expression and social contact, have the potential to positively impact the elimination of stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems. This study will utilize a real-world quasi-randomized controlled trial design and a 6-month follow-up questionnaire survey to evaluate the intervention's impact on stigma/discrimination and related outcomes, such as mental health literacy. The evaluation will encompass four categories of people: those with lived experience of mental disorders, family members and friends of those with lived experience, health professionals, and the general public. Additionally, the cost-effectiveness of the art exhibition intervention will be analyzed.

The specific intervention measure is the Second Mental Health Art Science Exhibition scheduled to take place in Wuhan, China from April 27 to May 27, 2024. Organized by "Qixi Charity", an NGO led by individuals with lived experience of mental disorders, as well as their family members and friends, the exhibition will feature offline artworks created by these individuals and other contributors. The exhibited artworks aim to reflect the diverse dimensions of mental health and ill-health. In contrast, the control group in this study will receive either printed or online educational materials, serving as a more traditional educational intervention. To prevent individuals in the experimental group and the control group from switching groups and contaminating each other, this study will conduct the health education intervention for the control group after the mental health art exhibition intervention for the experimental group has concluded.

This study will conduct a baseline survey before the interventions (T0), a follow-up survey in the first month after the interventions (T1), and a follow-up survey in the sixth month after the interventions (T2) in both the experimental group (those who attend the offline exhibition) and the control group (those who are unable to attend the exhibition but will be provided with printed/online education materials). Additionally, the study will perform text analysis of media reports and social media discussions related to the exhibition to supplement the assessment of its social impact. Furthermore, relevant data on the exhibition planning and implementation costs will be collected from Qixi Charity for the cost-effectiveness analysis. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Issue

• NCT number: NCT06366373
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Hunan University
• Contact: Wei Zhou, Ph.D.
• Phone: 86-15874085133
• Email: weizhou86@163.com
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2024
• Completion date: February 2025