Examining the impact of cultural prescriptions of art on self-compassion in psychiatric outpatients with social communication and interpersonal difficulties.

JRCT ID: jRCT1030240423

Registered date:21/10/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Outpatients with developmental or personality characteristics
• Date of first enrollment: 21/10/2024
• Target sample size: 12
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

The cultural prescriptions will be conducted three times, one week apart.
One cultural prescribing session consists of three stages: 1) introduction of communication (self-introduction, sitting in front of the content to be experienced), 2) implementation of communication through art (appreciation, experience of modeling or performance, questioning and exchange by the art communicator, sharing questions and impressions with the group, awareness of others' perspectives), and 3) Reflection (sharing of memories and other experiences recalled from the experience, sharing of impressions).
At any one time, participants include the study subjects, the elderly, the art communicator, and the psychologist.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: State Self-Compassion Scale (SSCS). This score is measured over time from the time of enrollment and is evaluated graphically.

Secondary Outcome

1) PHQ-9
A scale measuring the degree of depressive symptoms, measured at the same time as the SSCS to ascertain the relationship with changes in Self-compassion, and evaluated graphically in the same way as the SSCS.
2) Help-Seeking Style Scale
This scale measures the style of asking for help from others and the degree of the tendency to do so. Measurements are taken at the time of enrollment and at the time of termination, and are compared before and after.
3) Saliva
The amount of alpha-amylase and oxytocin in saliva is measured over time and evaluated graphically.
4) Heart rate
Heart rate and heart rate variability will be calculated from the heart rate measured by Garmin, and the average value will be calculated for each time interval and evaluated graphically.
5) Blood pressure
Blood pressure is measured over time using an upper arm sphygmomanometer manufactured by Omron, and blood pressure values at each time point are evaluated graphically.
6) PERMA Profiler
This is a scale to evaluate the degree of well-being of individuals. Measurements are taken at the time of enrollment and at the end of the study, and are compared before and after.
7) Psychological Safety Scale
This scale measures the level of psychological safety in the group to which the individual belongs, and is measured after three cultural prescriptions to evaluate changes at the three time points.
8) Spoken information
Dialogues during in-depth interviews and cultural prescriptions were recorded. Speech features are extracted from speech waveform information, and speech content (text data) is obtained from the transcribed data; speech segments are extracted using voice activity detection, and the amount of speech relative to the total dialogue time is calculated. The valence (positive-negative) of the speech content is estimated using sentiment analysis. Other necessary features are extracted according to the purpose of exploratory analysis.
9) UCL Mood Scale
Developed by Thomson and Chatterjee (2014), this scale measures the degree of mood being experienced. It is measured before and after each cultural prescribing workshop and assesses the amount of change before and after cultural prescribing.
10) UCL Museum Experience Scale
Developed by Thomson and Chatterjee (2014), this scale consists of questions about the museum experience. It is measured after each cultural prescribing workshop and assesses change at three time points.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 18age old
• Age maximum: <= 29age old
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1) Men and women between the ages of 18 and 29
2) Patients who are outpatients at the Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University Hospital or Yokohama City University Medical Center for Mental Health.
3) Persons with developmental characteristics such as difficulties in social communication or personality characteristics such as difficulties in interpersonal relationships
4) Those who have given written consent.

Exclude criteria

1) Those who have difficulty speaking Japanese
2) Those with visual or hearing impairments
3) Those who have difficulty walking independently
4) Those who cannot receive cultural prescriptions on the designated days.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Miyazaki Tomoyuki
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)