Unlocking Limitations Through Arts: A Mixed Methods Study on the Effectiveness of an Expressive Arts-based Intervention on Psychosocial Wellbeing of Adults With Age-related Visual Impairment

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is an age-related eye disease resulting in vision loss. Persons with AMD not only experience a gradual loss of ability in independent living, but also profound impairment in psychosocial well-being.The multimodal, expressive arts-based intervention (EXABI) that emphasizes imagination and creativity can be an engaging, enjoyable, and safe process of empowerment. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and process of an expressive arts-based intervention in enhancing psychosocial wellness and adjustment to gradual vision loss of persons with AMD. This current study will adopt a 2-arm randomized controlled design with treatment-as-usual control. Upon screening for inclusion exclusion criteria, baseline data will be collected; and eligible participants will be randomized into either an 8-week Expressive Arts-based intervention group or Treatment-As-Usual control group.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 50
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Participants are community-dwelling, Chinese-speaking adults aged between 50 and 80, with the diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration in one or both eyes of all different etiologies

Locations
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong
RECRUITING
Hong Kong
Contact Information
Primary
Rainbow Ho
tinho@hku.hk
(852)28315158
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-05-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 154
Treatments
Experimental: Intervention
This arm of participants will be receiving expressive arts-based intervention as intervention
No_intervention: Wait-list control
This arm of participants will not receive any art-based intervention during the study and are allocated as a wait-list control group
Sponsors
Collaborators: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Leads: The University of Hong Kong

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