Co-creating a person-centered creative engagement intervention for Parkinson's care
Frontiers in Psychology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15
Published: Jan. 15, 2025
Recent
research
in
the
field
of
"Arts
and
Health"
has
demonstrated
beneficial
impact
arts-based
interventions
on
health
well-being
across
diverse
populations.
Recognizing
their
potential,
especially
cases
where
conventional
healthcare
cannot
address
multifaceted
conditions
such
as
Parkinson's
disease
(PD),
our
study
advocates
for
an
integrative
approach
medical
practice
neuroscience.
We
recommend
incorporating
learning
environments
from
design
phase
through
long-term
care.
The
arts
offer
a
unique
opportunity
to
create
environments.
In
this
study,
we
specifically
focus
individuals
with
PD,
co-designing
intervention
creative
engagement
environment
PD-specific
therapy.
narratives
those
affected
contribute
scientific
knowledge,
shaping
care
increasing
intervention's
relevance
participants'
lives.
used
participatory
design-based
approach.
Fourteen
along
three
therapists
researchers,
collaborated
iterative
cycles
co-develop
therapy
intervention.
Qualitative
data
were
collected
interviews,
group
reflections,
ethnographic
observations.
Data
analyzed
using
reflexive
thematic
analysis.
co-creation
process
resulted
10-week
delivered
"creative
playground"
setting.
Participants
chose
multiple
media
autonomously
decided
activities.
Guidance
was
provided
needed
support
individual
guide
reflection
processes.
Narratives
offered
insights
into
autonomy
care,
role
arts,
individuality
experience,
resulting
seven
key
features
framework,
which
include
(i)
structure
(e.g.,
duration
sessions),
(ii)
freedom
selection
media,
(iii)
playground,
(iv)
skills
therapists,
(v)
considerations,
(vi)
financial
considerations
logistics,
list
(vii)
responsibilities
Design
Team.
This
establishes
initial
framework
designed
environment.
Future
will
rigorously
evaluating
its
effectiveness
exploring
scalability
settings.
Language: Английский
Prevalence of experienced changes in artistic and everyday creativity in people with Parkinson’s disease
npj Parkinson s Disease,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: April 27, 2025
Abstract
Creativity
is
the
ability
to
generate
novel
and
meaningful
ideas
or
behaviors,
encompassing
both
artistic
originality
personal
satisfaction.
Emerging
evidence
suggests
that
people
with
Parkinson’s
disease
(PD)
may
experience
changes
in
creativity.
This
study
examines
prevalence
of
creativity
PD
using
cross-sectional
data
from
Netherlands
(PRIME-NL,
2021–2023).
Participants
(
N
=
793)
self-reported
changes,
demographics,
clinical
factors,
pre-diagnosis
creative
engagement
via
a
self-structured
questionnaire.
Descriptive
analyses
revealed
41%
respondents
reported
changes:
12%
experienced
an
increase,
22%
decrease,
7%
fluctuations.
Ordinal
regression
analysis
showed
longer
duration
dopamine
agonists
were
associated
increased
creativity,
while
older
age
prior
predicted
decreases.
A
sub-cohort
n
292)
across
seven
domains,
most
frequently
observed
everyday
sports/movement,
fine
art/design.
These
findings
underscore
need
for
further
research
on
inform
person-centered
treatment
strategies.
Language: Английский