Arts-based Social Prescribing for Mental Health (NCT07137572) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Arts-based Social Prescribing for Mental Health
Greece541 participantsStarted 2025-09-04
Plain-language summary
This is a parallel-group randomised-controlled trial aiming to assess the effect of exposure to the arts on mental health and wellbeing of community dwelling recipients of mental health care. The trial constitutes a comparison of two arms: An Art Intervention arm, hereby the Active Group (AG), versus a waitlist control arm (WL).
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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The study will be advertised to public and private mental health professionals across Greece, including those in public hospitals, day care centres, and non-governmental and non-profit organisations. Clinicians will then refer potential participants to the study.
Inclusion Criteria:
* Recipients of mental health care in the community, or private practice with an F-category ICD-10 diagnosis referred to the trial by their mental healthcare provider
* Age range: \>=18 years
* Being able to communicate effectively in order to provide answers to questionnaires that he/she/they will be asked to complete
* Being able to participate in the activity alone (unaccompanied, without a carer)
* Being able to answer the questionnaires
* Having legal capacity to consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Current substance abuse dependence,
* Current condition posing clinical risks (e.g. acute psychosis)
* Patients that are not compliant in following their medication plans,
* Patients that are not able attend due to severe physical, cognitive or other impairments
* Patients not "affiliated" with a mental health professional therapist.
What they're measuring
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The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks