Experiences of acquired brain injury survivors participating in online and hybrid performance arts programmes: an ethnographic study.

Background: Performance arts can benefit people with acquired brain injury (ABI). This study explored the online delivery during COVID-19 restrictions, of a performance art intervention through the experiences of participants, artists and facilitators.

Methods: Two community-based programmes were delivered.

A Protocol to Understand the Implementation and Experiences of an Online Community-Based Performance Arts Programme Through and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, .

Introduction: Individuals living with acquired brain injury experience numerous psychological, physical, and social challenges. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many have experienced additional isolation, mental health issues and have had limited access to social and physical activities otherwise available in the community.

Materials And Methods: is a 12-week online performance arts programme developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, for people with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Scaling-up Health-Arts Programmes: the largest study in the world bringing arts-based mental health interventions into a national health service.

The Scaling-up Health-Arts Programme: Implementation and Effectiveness Research (SHAPER) project is the world's largest hybrid study on the impact of the arts on mental health embedded into a national healthcare system. This programme, funded by the Wellcome Trust, aims to study the impact and the scalability of the arts as an intervention for mental health. The programme will be delivered by a team of clinicians, research scientists, charities, artists, patients and healthcare professionals in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and the community, spanning academia, the NHS and the charity sector.

PA22 The arts of connexion.

Background: There is growing evidence that creative arts interventions improve perceived physical and mental. However, there is little research into arts interventions in relation to palliative care and the published studies in arts and health have focussed on visual arts with little attention to dance.

Aim: A one year clinical audit was followed by a ten week pilot research study explored whether creative movement enabled people to feel more connected to themselves and each other, whether it supported the development of their collective voice and their ability to advocate for themselves and their peers.