Official Title: Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of a Drawing-based Intervention on Cognition and Wellbeing of Community-Dwelling Adults at Risk for ADRD
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
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Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
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Brief Summary: The present study investigates the feasibility acceptability and preliminary effects of a novel visual arts-based intervention in an older adult population In a randomized controlled design two arts-based interventions will be evaluated with a group of 50 participants
Detailed Description: A two-arm randomized controlled study will be conducted to obtain within-group ratings of feasibility and acceptability as well as between-group differences in drawing skills after training In the drawing intervention participants will learn and train drawing skills through exercises that target attention perception and visuospatial reasoning In the active control condition participants will navigate virtual art galleries Both interventions will be completed remotely and at home Participants will complete in-lab assessment sessions before and after the training
Each intervention consists of 6 weeks of training for up to 2 hours a week including up to 1 hour of a self-guided lesson and prompted daily drawing practice adding up to 1 hour in the drawing intervention and 2 1-hour sessions of virtual gallery exploring per week in the arts appreciation intervention The pre-test is administered within one week of the start of training and the post-test is administered within one week of training completion