NCT05986149RecruitingAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Making Intergenerational Connections Through Arts

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Start Date

10/2/2023

Completion Date

9/1/2029

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact on older adults' wellbeing of participating in a 10-week conversation about arts and culture with an international university student whose native language is not English.

Detailed Description

Older adults residing in subsidized housing will participate in a series of online conversations over 10 weeks about various arts and culture with an international university student enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB); each weekly session will last for about 30 min to one hour. Participants will complete survey questionnaires before and after the 10-week conversation program, and an exit interview at the end of the conversation program.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 60 years to No maximum

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Live alone 2. older than 60 years old 3. Residence in a subsidized apartment for at least one year 4. Able to carry on a daily conversation with or without hearing aids 5. Intact cognition as indicated by a score of greater than 5 on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) 6. have a working smart phone that can do video-conferencing 7. being able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. having physical, or sensory (visual or hearing) deficits or language barriers (non-English communicators) that may impede study participation 2. non-English speaker

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Conversation about arts and culture

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Conditions

Older Adults

Locations

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama 35294

United States