Background: Participatory art-based activities enhance the well-being and quality of life of patients. Few studies have examined the effects of these activities in community-dwelling older adults. This study aims to examine changes in well-being, quality of life and frailty associated with a weekly art-based activity, known as "Thursday at the Museum", performed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) in community-dwelling older adults.
Methods: Based on a pre-post intervention, single-arm, prospective and longitudinal design, 130 community-dwelling older adults (mean age 71.6 ± 4.9, 91.5 % female) were enrolled and completed this experimental study. The intervention was a participatory art-based activity carried out at the MMFA. Groups of participants (30-45 individuals) met for 2.3 h once a week for a 12-week period (defining a session). Before and after the first (M0), the fifth (M1), the ninth (M2) and the twelfth (M3) workshops, well-being was assessed. Quality of life, frailty, physician visits and hospitalizations were also assessed.
Results: The mean well-being score improved after each workshop compared with baseline (P ≤ 0.001), i.e., from M0 to M3. The magnitude of this change in well-being was significant at M3 when M0 was used as a reference value (coefficient of regression beta (ß) = 3.22 with P = 0.037). Quality of life gradually increased from M1 to M3 (ß increased from -0.50 to -2.1 with all P-values ≤0.003). The proportion of vigorous participants increased significantly, whereas the proportion of mild frail participants decreased at M3 only (ß=-0.70 with P = 0.001).
Conclusion: The MMFA participatory art-based activity session had multidimensional positive effects on mental and physical health outcomes. These results suggest that museums may become key partners in public health policy initiatives for health prevention in older populations.
Trialregistration: NCT03557723.
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