NCT05803226 - Slow Art Plus: A Single Session Art Gallery-based Intervention for Mental Health Promotion | Crick

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1 Self Care Compassion

Interventions

Slow Art PlusBEHAVIORAL

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore, Singapore

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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.

Time frame: Pre-Intervention

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.

Time frame: Immediate Post Intervention

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.

Time frame: 1-Day Follow-UP

Secondary Outcomes

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.

Time frame: Pre-Intervention

Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form (SF-FFMQ)