Effects of Clay and Drawing Art Program on Self-expression and Depression in Elderly Patients at a Long-term Care Hospital.
10.12799/jkachn.2017.28.2.196
- Author:
Dong Hee KIM
1
;
Young Sil BAE
;
Sang Ho KIM
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Art therapy;
Aged;
Depression
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged*;
Art Therapy;
Depression*;
Humans;
Long-Term Care*;
Motivation
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2017;28(2):196-205
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Art program has been found to enhance mood such as increasing motivation, self-expression and decreasing depression in older adults. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of clay art and drawing on depression and self-expression among elderly people at a long-term care center. METHODS: The research was a pre-test and post-test non-equivalent design. Sixty older patients (clay art program=28. Drawing art program=32) over the age of 65 were recruited from 2 long-term care hospitals to participate in the 5 weeks program. Each group was scheduled with 10,120-minute evaluation sessions, twice per week. Test measures were completed before and after the 5 week intervention period for all participants. The data was collected from April 27 to May 29, 2015. It was analyzed with SPSS 22.0 using chi-square, t-test and paired t-test. RESULTS: There were no significant difference in the levels of depression (t=0.21, p=.830) and total score of self-expression (t=-0.10, p=.919) between the two groups. However, the pre-post scores of self-expression in the clay art program (t=0.22, p=.826) were improved compared to the drawing art program (t=0.80, p=.430). CONCLUSION: Further studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of clay art program for extended senior care applications.
