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[P1–625]: EXPECTATIONS OF PATIENTS WITH MCI AND THEIR CAREGIVERS TOWARD PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSIS OF AD: A QUALITATIVE APPROACH
Author(s) -
Schwegler Carolin,
Rostamzadeh Ayda,
Jessen Frank,
Boada Mercè,
Woopen Christiane
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.641
Subject(s) - interview , situational ethics , psychology , qualitative research , modalities , disease , narrative , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , pathology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , political science , law
wait-list controlled study to explore the influence of a combination of museum visits and artistic activity on the emotional state, well-being, and quality of life of dementia patients and their informal caregivers in a German speaking country. People with mild to moderate dementia (n 1⁄4 44) and their care partners (n 1⁄4 44) visited the St€adel Museum once a week on six pre-arranged occasions. The intervention consisted of different guided art tours that introduced participants to pictures taken from 700 years of art history. This was followed by art-making in the studio. The creative activity acquainted the participants with a large variety of artistic materials (e.g. acrylic paint, oil pastel, and clay), and simple techniques such as collage and styrofoam printing, whereby the tasks were designed to be carried out in pairs. Using a mixed-methods design, the assessed outcomes included cognitive status, situational well-being, particular aspects of quality of life, and subjective evaluation of the caregiver-patient relationship, pre-, and post-intervention, and at follow-up. Results: In the pre-post-assessment, we found significant improvements in self-rated quality of life (z 1⁄4 -2.51, p < .05) and emotional well-being with medium to high effect sizes for persons with dementia (d 1⁄4 0.74 – 0.77) and their caregivers (d 1⁄4 0.35 – 0.77). Caregivers also reported a positive impact on relationships with their relatives suffering from dementia. Conclusions: The results show that art-based museum interventions are able to raise the subjective well-being and quality of life of people with dementia, and encourage them to interact more with their caregivers.