When aging, older people migrate to long-term care institutions. The elderly residents lack autonomy due to the characteristics of group life. The decline of health function or the occurrence of diseases can easily lead to reduced physical activity, decreased interpersonal interaction, social withdrawal, low self-esteem, and decreased well-being. In current that emphasizes the elderly in health promotion and disease prevention activities, art therapy can be applied for the elderly to achieve the purpose of health promotion. Art therapy could effectively improve social interaction, self-esteem, and well-being; but many researchers still suggest that it is necessary to investigate the effectiveness of art therapy for elderly residents in long-term care institutions. The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of art therapy in improving social interaction, self-esteem, and well-being for elderly residents in long-term care institutions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
82
The art therapy in this study is once a week, 90 minutes each section for a total of 8-week, and using theme-oriented group art therapy. Each section has one theme, and the researcher guides the elderly to make artistic creations. Each section includes a warm-up phase is 15 minutes, the creative phase is 60 minutes, and sharing phase is 15 minutes.
Long-term care facility
New Taipei City, Taiwan
RECRUITINGLong-term care facility
Taipei, Taiwan
RECRUITINGSocially Supportive Activity Inventory
An index-type instrument allows evaluating the quantity and quality of elders' participation in social activity in long-term care settings (Hsu, 2011). All organized into nine subcategories, including (1) all social contacts with family members and friends, (2) chatting with acquaintances, (3) holiday-related activities, (4) cognitive games, (5) involvement by outside organizations, (6) entertainment, (7) pleasure trips, (8) arts/crafts classes, and (9) religious activities (Hsu, 2011). Each subcategory contained three components: frequency, meaningfulness, and enjoyment (Hsu, 2011). The frequency ranged from 1 to 9, and meaningful-ness and enjoyment rated on a 4-point Likert rating ranged from 1 to 4 (Hsu, 2011). Higher scores represented more frequent participation in the activity, more significant meaning to one's life, and greater enjoyment in activity participation (Hsu, 2011).
Time frame: After 8-week art therapy
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale(Chinese version)
A 10-item scale measured the self-esteem of the respondent (Yeung, 1998). All items answered on a 4-point Likert rating, the minimum and maximum scores on the scale are 10 and 40, with lower scores suggesting better self-esteem (Yeung, 1998).
Time frame: After 8-week art therapy
Well-Being Scale for Elders
A 9-item scale measured the well-being of the elderly (Lien \& Chen, 2015). All items answered on a 5-point Likert rating, the minimum and maximum scores on the scale are 9 and 45, with higher scores suggesting better well-being (Lien \& Chen, 2015).
Time frame: After 8-week art therapy
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