Authors (including presenting author) :
PUN TW (1)(2), FUNG WI (1)(2), HUI SS (1)(2)
Affiliation :
(1) Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok (2) Occupational Therapy Department
Introduction :
Quality of Life (QoL) in infirmary setting is of the utmost important concern. Evidences showed that art activity can promote well-being, offer positive impact with regard to health, cognition, social interaction, confidence and renew sense of life satisfaction. "Pastel Art-療癒粉彩畫" is a kind of creative and healing process to foster psychological well-being, promote Quality of Life and increase self-awareness for the long stay patients in infirmary setting.
Objectives :
The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of pastel art program (療癒粉彩畫) in promoting Quality of Life (QoL) and Mood for the long stay patients with diverse physical disabilities in infirmary setting.
Methodology :
This was a pre and post intervention study.The study was piloted for patients in infirmary setting. Subject's mean age was 60, the mean of Modified Barthel Score was 50/100 and HK-MoCa was 19/30. A total of 10 long-stay patients were recruited for completing 3 sessions of art program. Occupational Therapists (OT) instructs patients to use their fingers and modified tools to "create" their artworks with 3 themes: 棉花糖樱花樹、夕陽醉了、花之蜜語。 The structure of pastel art works was tailor-made by OT to accommodate patients with diverse levels of physical and cognitive functioning. The primary outcome measures used were Chinese WHO-5 to see the impact on resident's quality of life after intervention. Also, Subjective Mood Score was used. The secondary outcome measures used was patient's self-report questionnaires.
Result & Outcome :
To enhance the long stay resident's Quality of Life (QoL), and Mood by using the Pastel Art Program led by Occupational Therapists. Data from mood score and WHO-5 were analyzed with SPSS. For mood score, pre-program mean was 5.40±1.7 and post-program mean was 8.70±2.1, significant increase was identified (p=0.005, <0.05). 9 sets of WHO-5 data out of 10 patients were analyzed as 1 patient has expressive aphasia and unable to complete WHO-5. There was a significant increase of WHO-5 (p=0.011, <0.05) with pre-program mean of 53.3±21.3 and post-program mean of 82.2±14.0. A self-reported questionnaire was conducted to collect patients’ feedback. A 6-point likert scale was analyzed. All patients agreed that the art program provided them happiness (5.4) and relaxation (5.6). Patients also expressed satisfaction on the program (5.7). The significant increase of mood score and WHO-5 suggested that 療癒粉彩畫 has positive effects to enhance Mood & Quality of Life for the long stay patients.
