A Survey of Preferences for the Arts Therapies
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Preferences for the Arts Therapies: a survey of patients in community adult mental health services and of people in the general population
IRAS ID
253421
Contact name
Emma Windle
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
QMUL
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 25 days
Research summary
Aim: To answer the following research questions
1) How many people would like to receive the arts therapies in mental health care and in the general population?
2) Which of the four arts modalities would they choose and why?
1)3) Which characteristics are related to preferences in each group?Background: Some studies have asked patients about the experiences of taking part in the arts therapies, but no one has investigated how many people know about the arts therapies before taking part in them.
Design and methods: This short survey will find out how many people know about the arts therapies and which of the arts modalities (music, dance-movement, drama and art) they would choose if they were given these options. I will ask people who are attending clinics in secondary mental health services, people in the general community and I will share the survey on social media to try and get as many responses as possible.
Analysis: I will look at peoples’ answers to the survey to find out which arts therapies are the most popular and why participants made those choices. I will also look at whether there are any groups of people who are more likely to choose each modality.
Implications: This research will help to understand the reasons why people have different preferences and how much they know about the treatment options available to them. Once we know more about this, we can provide people with all of the information they need to support them to make informed choices about their treatment.
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/SC/0701
Date of REC Opinion
21 Dec 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion