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NCT Number: NCT03420690

Study of the Impact of Art Therapy in Palliative Care on the Relationship Between Patients and Their Families

Negative symptoms in cancer in palliative care, such as pain, can lead to a withdrawal that can lead to a form of social exclusion. Maintaining pre-illness relationships is often difficult for the patient, especially since he is often not available to relationships.

Art therapy defined as the exploitation of artistic potential in a therapeutic and humanitarian aim can contribute to the reduction of symptoms, to adaptation and to well-being. A recent review shows that positive affective states and meaningful social connections are important factors contributing to more effective adaptation to pain. Study hypothesis is that art therapy could play on these two factors.

The objective of the qualitative study is to measure, using a questionnaire, the indirect impact of art therapy sessions on parents, during support and after death, from a relational and emotional point of view.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Any major person who has accompanied a patient to the palliative care unit of the Lyon-Sud hospital

  • Man or woman ;
  • 18 years old or older;
  • Death of the accompanied patient> 1 month;
  • Number of art therapy session of the accompanied patient > 1;
  • Having agreed to participate in the study;
  • Not subject to a legal protection measure.

Exclusion criteria

  • Nobody without the physical or mental abilities to respond to the questionnaire ;
  • No one reading or speaking French.

Treatment and study plan

satisfaction questionnaire after art therapy session

Other

After the administration of art therapy sessions (>1) and the death of patients (> 1 month), the intervention consists in submitting to families of patients a satisfaction questionnaire intended to evaluate the impact of art therapy session and in particular about their relationships.

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall satisfaction with art therapy

    Time frame: 6 month

    The primary endpoint is the item of overall satisfaction with art therapy session in 3 groups (VAS scale between 0 and 3, between 3 and 7 and between 7 and 10)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospices Civils de Lyon

Other

Registry information

Acronym: ATREL

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Feb 5, 2018
Registry last updated
Jun 18, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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