Tests an arts-based program for adults with age-related macular degeneration
Tests an 8-week creative arts program for adults aged 50 to 80 with macular degeneration.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Expressive Arts-based Intervention for Adults With Age-related Visual Impairment
Key facts
- Where
- Hong Kong, Hong KongSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 50 and 80 years old?
Source: NCT05675150, who can take part
Where in Hong Kong
- Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong KongHong Kong, Hong KongTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- The University of Hong Kong
- Trial code
- NCT05675150
- Record updated
- 15 May 2025
- Original description
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is an age-related eye disease resulting in vision loss. Persons with AMD not only experience a gradual loss of ability in independent living, but also profound impairment in psychosocial well-being.The multimodal, expressive arts-based intervention (EXABI) that emphasizes imagination and creativity can be an engaging, enjoyable, and safe process of empowerment. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and process of an expressive arts-based intervention in enhancing psychosocial wellness and adjustment to gradual vision loss of persons with AMD. This current study will adopt a 2-arm randomized controlled design with treatment-as-usual control. Upon screening for inclusion exclusion criteria, baseline data will be collected; and eligible participants will be randomized into either an 8-week Expressive Arts-based intervention group or Treatment-As-Usual control group.Read full original descriptionShow less
Unlocking Limitations Through Arts: A Mixed Methods Study on the Effectiveness of an Expressive Arts-based Intervention on Psychosocial Wellbeing of Adults With Age-related Visual Impairment
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is an age-related eye disease resulting in vision loss. Persons with AMD not only experience a gradual loss of ability in independent living, but also profound impairment in psychosocial well-being.The multimodal, expressive arts-based intervention (EXABI) that emphasizes imagination and creativity can be an engaging, enjoyable, and safe process of empowerment. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and process of an expressive arts-based intervention in enhancing psychosocial wellness and adjustment to gradual vision loss of persons with AMD. This current study will adopt a 2-arm randomized controlled design with treatment-as-usual control. Upon screening for inclusion exclusion criteria, baseline data will be collected; and eligible participants will be randomized into either an 8-week Expressive Arts-based intervention group or Treatment-As-Usual control group.
Inclusion: Participants are community-dwelling, Chinese-speaking adults aged between 50 and 80, with the diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration in one or both eyes of all different etiologies.
Exclusion: Inability to understand the Chinese language, as well as a diagnosis of total blindness, presence of other significant physical, psychological, and cognitive comorbidities that would hinder the participant from completing the study will be excluded.