The Effect of Art-based Mandala Intervention

Istanbul Medeniyet University80 enrolled

Overview

Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of art-based mandala intervention on anger and death anxiety in older adults residing in a nursing home. Methods A randomized controlled experimental study with 80 participants (experimental group n = 40; control group n = 40) was conducted. The experimental group participated in mandala coloring three times a week for 12 weeks. Data were collected using a descriptive form, a death anxiety scale, and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Art Therapy Mandala Coloring Anger

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * residing in the nursing home, being 65 years of age or older, scoring 24 or more points on the Mini-Mental State Examination, having no psychiatric diagnoses, not currently participating in courses related to coping with anxiety and stress, and voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * out of the inclusion criteria

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Death Anxiety Scale

Death Anxiety Scale: The validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the "Death Anxiety Scale". The scale 15-item true/false scale measures anxiety and fear related to one's own death and mortality risk. Each "yes" response to the first nine items and each "no" response to the remaining six items receives a score of "1." The total score indicates the level of death anxiety. The maximum possible score is 15, with scores interpreted as follows: 0-4 (mild), 5-9 (moderate), 10-14 (severe), and 15 (panic).

Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks follow-up