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NCT Number: NCT07496268

The Effect of Art-based Mandala Intervention

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Art Therapy Anger Death Anxiety Elderly Mandala Coloring Necrophobia

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Istanbul, Kartal, 34862, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Mnadala coloring

Behavioral

Mnadala coloring

Control

Behavioral

do nothing

Primary outcomes

  1. Death Anxiety Scale

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks follow-up

    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).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Art-based Mandala Intervention on Death Anxiety and Anger Levels in Elderly Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Randomized Controlled Study

Acronym: mandala

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Mar 27, 2026
Registry last updated
Mar 27, 2026

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