The Psycho-physiological & Social-Spiritual Effects of Expressive Arts-based Intervention on Young and Pre-elderly Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Study

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Project Title
The Psycho-physiological & Social-Spiritual Effects of Expressive Arts-based Intervention on Young and Pre-elderly Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Study
Principal Investigator
Professor Ho, Rainbow Tin Hung   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Mr Wan Adrian H.Y.   (Co-Investigator)
Professor Pang Marco Yiu Chung   (Co-Investigator)
Dr Leung Pui Yu Pamela   (Co-Investigator)
Duration
42
Start Date
2018-01-01
Amount
781300
Conference Title
The Psycho-physiological & Social-Spiritual Effects of Expressive Arts-based Intervention on Young and Pre-elderly Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Study
Presentation Title
Keywords
Expressive Arts Therapy, Randomized controlled trial, Rehabiliation, Salivary Cortisol, Younger Stroke survivors
Discipline
Social Work,Others - relating to Social and Behavioural Sciences
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17609417
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2017
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 Primary objective: To investigate the short and longer-term effects of an Expressive Arts-based Intervention on younger and pre-elderly Chinese stroke survivors on: (a) Depressive and anxiety symptoms (b) Perceived stress (c) Perceived social support (d) Hope (e) Subjective and spiritual well-being (f) Stroke-related and general quality of life, and (g) Salivary cortisol level. 2 Secondary objectives: (1) To examine the associations between cortisol levels, diurnal cortisol profiles and psycho-social-spiritual variables in participants. 3 (2) To examine the changes of the associations between cortisol levels, diurnal cortisol profiles and psycho-social-spiritual variables across the time points.