Evaluating the Effectiveness of Art Therapy on Mood, Anxiety, and Pain Levels in Cancer Patients
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 1/27/2017 |
| Start Date: | May 2015 |
| End Date: | January 25, 2017 |
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Art Therapy on Mood, Anxiety, and Pain Levels in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment
Participants in this research study are asked to tell about their experience with art
therapy. Participants in this research study are currently receiving chemotherapy treatment
for cancer. The purpose of this study is to learn how art therapy affects mood, anxiety,
pain, and emotions of individuals with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy.
therapy. Participants in this research study are currently receiving chemotherapy treatment
for cancer. The purpose of this study is to learn how art therapy affects mood, anxiety,
pain, and emotions of individuals with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy.
In this single-center single-arm non-controlled descriptive study, we aim to describe the
effects of a single art therapy session on a cancer patient's mood, pain, anxiety level.
Primary Objectives
- To assess the effect of art therapy on the cancer patient's mood
- To assess the effect of art therapy on the cancer patient's anxiety
- To assess the effect of art therapy on the cancer patient's pain
Secondary Objectives
- To explore differences in response to art therapy by ethnic group, race, age, sex,
caregiver support, cancer diagnosis, reason for visit, and marital status
- To explore differences in response to art therapy by primary concern expressed by
patients during art therapy sessions
effects of a single art therapy session on a cancer patient's mood, pain, anxiety level.
Primary Objectives
- To assess the effect of art therapy on the cancer patient's mood
- To assess the effect of art therapy on the cancer patient's anxiety
- To assess the effect of art therapy on the cancer patient's pain
Secondary Objectives
- To explore differences in response to art therapy by ethnic group, race, age, sex,
caregiver support, cancer diagnosis, reason for visit, and marital status
- To explore differences in response to art therapy by primary concern expressed by
patients during art therapy sessions
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects are able to give informed consent
- Any cancer diagnosis
- Actively undergoing any chemotherapy treatment at Maroone Cancer Center
- Patients who have never utilized art therapy at Maroone Cancer Center
- Speaks, reads, and writes in English
- Able and willing to participate in an art therapy session at Maroone Cancer Center
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients without cancer diagnosis
- Patients not actively undergoing chemotherapy at Maroone Cancer Center
- Individuals unable to complete art therapy activities independently due to physical
and/or mental impairment
- Under 18 years of age (minors)
- Patients who have dementia or a legal guardian
- Unable to speak, read, and write in English
- Patients who have previously utilized art therapy at Maroone Cancer Center
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