The Impact of Arts-Based Interventions on Patient Hospital Experience

The Impact of Arts-Based Interventions on Patient Hospital Experience for Patients on a High-Risk Obstetrics and Bone Transplant Units

nuts and bolts

interventions and timing of interventions

Inclusion:

• Inpatient on either Bone Marrow Transplant ICU or High Risk Obstetrics Unit
• Estimated length of stay 2 or more weeks
• Age >18
• Patients who will potentially benefit from the AIM experience

Additional Inclusion Criteria:

• For the High Risk Obstetrics Unit group (hand-sewing), patients should be physically able to participate in hand-sewing activity.
• For the Bone Marrow Transplant IUC group (story-telling/poetry), patients should be physically able to participate in story-telling/poetry activity.

Exclusion:

• Patient too ill
• Complex medical condition that requires therapies which would not allow time for participation
• Declined to participate
• Age <18