A Pilot Study of Creative Arts Interventions for Neurology Inpatients
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The purpose of the study is to assess the feasibility of a Creative Artists Program intervention with epilepsy and headache patients admitted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for care by the Department of Neurology.
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Qualifying patients admitted to Epilepsy monitoring or Headache treatment will be approached for participation in the study. Patients who consent to the study will be given a chance to work with one of three creative artists (visual artist, creative writer, therapeutic musician). The artist will be selected according to a pre-determined schedule, and the arts intervention may last up to 90 minutes. Subjects will be asked to complete study questionnaires before and after the arts intervention.
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Inclusion criteria
- Age > or = 18 years
- Diagnosis of refractory chronic epilepsy, status migrainosus, or chronic daily headache
- Elective admission to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Epilepsy monitoring unit or Headache service
- Capable of giving informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Active psychiatric illness that prohibits safe visitation by artists
- Impairment of vision or hearing that would prohibit able to participate with participation in instructions necessary for the interventions.
- Active general medical condition that would impair consciousness.
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33 participants in 1 patient group
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