At-home study of virtual museum experiences to reduce social isolation and pain

Can virtual museum programs help individuals with chronic pain feel more socially connected? Help us find out!

a study on Pain

Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Healthy Volunteers
healthy people welcome
Location
at UC Davis
Dates
study started
estimated completion

Description

Summary

Aim 1: To conduct a formative evaluation of museum-based programming to address loneliness and social isolation. Aim 2: To develop a consensus-derived Model Museum-Based Program (MMBP) to address loneliness among individuals with chronic pain. Aim 3: To evaluate the feasibility of museum experiences to reduce loneliness and pain among isolated individuals with chronic pain. Due to safety concerns related to the covid pandemic in-person museum programming could not continue and virtual versions of the interventions were created. We will publish results on both the in-person and virtual versions of the intervention as well as a pooled analysis.

Official Title

The Analgesic Museum: The Development and Effectiveness of Museum-Based Experiences to Reduce Social Isolation and Pain Among Individuals With Chronic Pain

Keywords

Chronic Pain Art Rx Artful Meditation Art Rx + Artful Meditation

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18 years and up

  • 18 years of age or older
  • English speaking
  • Chronic pain (6 months or longer)
  • Moderate pain or greater (4/10 or greater on a Numerical Rating Scale, range of 0 (no pain) - 10 (worst pain imaginable), in response to the question "Over the past week what was your average pain intensity?")
  • Moderately lonely or greater (Score of 4 or greater on 3 item Loneliness scale, range of 3 - 9)

You CAN'T join if...

  • Participated in an Art Rx tour
  • Participated in an Artful Meditation program
  • Dementia or Alzheimer's disease

Location

  • UC Davis Ambulatory Care Center accepting new patients
    Sacramento California 95817 United States

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, Davis
ID
NCT04091893
Study Type
Interventional
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