Museum-based Art Activities to Stay Young at Heart? Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

Journal Front Med (Lausanne)

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2024 Jan 22

PMID 38249982

Authors

Margot Cami

Oceane Planta

Jacqueline Matskiv

Alexandra Plonka

Auriane Gros

Olivier Beauchet

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Abstract

Background: Health benefits have been reported with art activities. Heart rate is a biomarker of health state. The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to compare the changes in heart rate over a 3 month-period in older adults participating in art-based activities at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA, Quebec, Canada) and in their control counterparts.

Methods/design: Participants (mean age 71.0 ± 5.1; 84.9% female) were a subset of older community dwellers recruited in a RCT in two parallel groups ( = 28 in the intervention group and = 25 in the control group) who had their heart rate recorded. They attended weekly participatory MMFA-based art activities over a 3-month period. Heart rate was collected via the smart watch Fitbit Alta HR at baseline (M0) and at 3 months (M3). The outcomes were mean heart rate per hour for the full day, including active and inactive hours.

Results: Heart rate for full day ( = 0.018) and active hours ( = 0.028) were slower in the intervention group compared to the control group. Decrease in mean heart rate for full day between M0 and M3 in the intervention group was higher than in the control group ( = 0.030). The linear regression showed that MMFA-based art activities decreased full day heart rate (Coefficient of regression Beta = -6.2 with = 0.010).

Conclusion: MMFA-based art activities significantly decreased full day heart rate, suggesting a health benefit in older community dwellers who participated in the RCT.: NCT03679715.

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