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| Name | Class |
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| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | OTHER |
| Uppsala University | OTHER |
| Lusofona University | OTHER |
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The goal of this trial is to evaluate whether a community-based visual arts intervention can improve self-concept, psychological adjustment, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children aged between 6 and 12, from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Researchers will compare children receiving the visual arts intervention (intervention group) with children not receiving the intervention (waiting list control group) to see if the program leads to measurable improvements in psychological adjustment, self-concept, and health-related quality of life.
Participants will:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Visual Art Intervention | Experimental | The arts intervention will consist of two parts: (a) implementation of one-hour session of Visual Arts (e.g., painting, drawing, printing techniques exercises). (b) Children's final artistic products will be displayed in Community Galleries in their neighbourhood in an opening ceremony. |
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| Waitlist Control | No Intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Visual arts | Other | The arts intervention will consist of two parts: (a) implementation of one-hour session of Visual Arts (e.g., painting, drawing, printing techniques exercises). The activities will be guided through a theme (Emotions), by a professional artist, to obtain a final individual artistic product. Peer contact, shared learning, and a feeling of community are all made possible by the group-based approach. This facilitator will offer assistance, motivation, and technical training as they lead participants through the creative process. Using narrative-building and dialogue-based methods, the artist will encourage children to share their stories, experiences, and perspectives, through art. (b) Children's final artistic products will be displayed in Community Galleries in their neighbourhood in an opening ceremony. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline in the total difficulties as assessed by The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. | The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) produces a total difficulties score ranging from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater difficulties. It also comprises five subscales, each scored from 0 to 10: Emotional Symptoms, Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity/Inattention, Peer Relationship Problems, and Prosocial Behaviour (for which higher scores indicate more prosocial behaviours). | Baseline and 9 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline of Self-concept as assed by The Self-Perception Profile for Children and the The Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children. | This outcome is mesured with a) The Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) produces domain-specific scores and a global self-worth score, each ranging from 1 (lowest perceived self-concept) to 4 (highest perceived self-concept). The scale includes six domains: Scholastic Competence, Social Acceptance, Athletic Competence, Physical Appearance, Behavioural Conduct, and Global Self-Worth. For children 7 years old and over; and b) The Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children produces scores for four domains: Cognitive Competence, Physical Competence, Peer Acceptance, and Maternal Acceptance, each ranging from 1 (lowest perceived competence or acceptance) to 4 (highest perceived competence or acceptance), for chindren under 7 years. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from baseline on children´s use of societal resources | A parent-reported resource use questionnaire will also be administered to collect information on children´s use of societal resources | Baseline and 9 Months |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sandra P Henriques, Mastre | Associação Para o Apoio e Integração Social e Comunitária | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Associação de Solidariedade da Zona das Fontainhas | Porto | 4000-527 | Portugal | |||
| Espaço Raíz |
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| Baseline and 9 months |
| Quality-adjusted life years (QALY) gains from baseline as assed by the Child Health Utility 9 Dimensions. | To assess this outcome, the Child Health Utility 9 Dimensions is a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measure designed for use in children. The CHU9D captures nine dimensions: worry, sadness, pain, tiredness, annoyance, schoolwork, sleep, routine, and activities. For each dimension, a five-level ordinal scale is used from 1 (no problems) to 5 (severe problems). Intended for use in cost-effectiveness evaluations of youth-focused treatment and assistance initiatives the instrument derives a single utility score of the health state experienced by the child from preference weights. CHU9D utility scores will be used to estimate QALYs (Quality Of Life in Years) for children over the study period using the area under the curve method. The range of utility scores is from 0 (where it will be equal to dead state) to 1 (where it will be in perfect health state), which is a part of cost-utility analysis, especially in economic evaluation. | Baseline and 9 months. |
| Porto |
| 4100-029 |
| Portugal |
| Escola do Parque Centro de Bem-estar Social Nossa Senhora do Socorro | Porto | 4100-033 | Portugal |
| A Associação de Promoção Social da População do Bairro do Aleixo | Porto | 4150-193 | Portugal |
| ASAS (Associação de Solidariedade e Ação Social de Ramalde) | Porto | 4250-323 | Portugal |
| Paróquia de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda - Pasteleira | Porto | 4300-004 | Portugal |
| Escola Básica do Falcão | Porto | 4300-178 | Portugal |
| Centro Social do Lagarteiro | Porto | 4300-282 | Portugal |
| Escola Básica de Montebello | Porto | 4350-280 | Portugal |
| Escola Básica de São Roque da Lameira | Porto | 4350-297 | Portugal |