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Background: Art Therapy has been promoted as a means of helping people who may find it difficult to express themselves verbally engage in psychological treatment. Group Art Therapy has been widely used as an adjunctive treatment for people with schizophrenia but there have been few attempts to examine its effects and cost effectiveness has not been examined. The MATISSE study aims to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of group Art Therapy for people with schizophrenia.Method/Design: The MATISSE study is a three-arm, parallel group, pragmatic, randomised, controlled trial of referral to group Art Therapy plus standard care, referral to an attention control 'activity' group plus standard care, or standard care alone. Study participants were recruited from inpatient and community-based mental health and social care services at four centres in England and Northern Ireland. Participants were aged over 18 years with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, confirmed by an examination of case notes using operationalised criteria. Participants were then randomised via an independent and remote telephone randomisation service using permuted stacked blocks, stratified by site. Art Therapy and activity groups were made available to participants once a week for up to 12 months. Outcome measures were assessed by researchers masked to allocation status at 12 and 24 months after randomisation. Participants and care givers were aware which arm of the trial participants were allocated to. The primary outcomes for the study are global functioning (measured using the Global Assessment of Functioning scale) and mental health symptoms (measured using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) assessed at 24 months. Secondary outcomes were assessed at 12 and 24 months and comprise levels of group attendance, social function, satisfaction with care, mental wellbeing, and costs.Discussion: We believe that this is the first large scale pragmatic trial of Art Therapy for people with schizophrenia. © 2010 Crawford et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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OBJETIVOS: Evaluar la eficacia clínica de la terapia del arte de grupo para personas con esquizofrenia y para probar si los beneficios superan a los de un tratamiento de control activo. DISEÑO: Tres brazo, evaluador ciego, ensayo pragmático, aleatorizado y controlado. ESCENARIO: servicios de atención secundaria en 15 sitios en el Reino Unido. PARTICIPANTES: 417 personas mayores de 18 años, que tenían un diagnóstico de esquizofrenia y por escrito el consentimiento informado para participar en el estudio. INTERVENCIONES: Los participantes, estratificadas por el sitio, se asignaron al azar a 12 meses de terapia de arte de grupo semanal más la atención estándar, 12 meses de grupos semanales de actividad, además de la atención estándar, o la atención estándar sola. Grupos de terapia artística y actividad tenían hasta ocho miembros y se prolongó durante 90 minutos. En la terapia de arte, los miembros se les dio acceso a una variedad de materiales de arte y anima a que los utilicen para expresarse libremente. Los miembros de grupos de actividad se ofrecieron diversas actividades que no impliquen el uso de arte o artesanía materiales y se les animó a elegir colectivamente a los que querían seguir. Principales medidas de resultado: Los resultados primarios fueron el funcionamiento global, medida con la evaluación global de la escala de funcionamiento, y los síntomas de salud mental, medida mediante la escala de síndrome positivo y negativo, 24 meses después de la asignación al azar. Resultados secundarios principales fueron los niveles de asistencia a los grupos, el funcionamiento social y la satisfacción con la atención a los 12 y 24 meses. RESULTADOS: 417 participantes fueron asignados a la terapia del arte (n = 140), grupos de actividades (n = 140), o la atención estándar sola (n = 137). Los resultados primarios entre los tres grupos del estudio no fueron diferentes. La diferencia media ajustada entre la terapia de arte y la atención estándar a los 24 meses en la evaluación global de la escala de funcionamiento fue -0,9 (95% intervalo de confianza -3,8 a 2,1), y en la escala de síndrome positivo y negativo fue de 0,7 (-3,1 a 4,6) . Los resultados secundarios no difirieron entre los mencionados terapia de arte o los mencionados atención estándar a los 12 o 24 meses. CONCLUSIONES: En referencia a las personas con esquizofrenia establecido para la terapia de arte grupo como se entrega en este ensayo no mejoró el funcionamiento global, la salud mental, u otros resultados relacionados con la salud. JUICIO DE INSCRIPCIÓN: ISRCTN46150447 Current Controlled Trials.

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Revista Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Año 2014
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PURPOSE: Although some studies suggest that art therapy may be useful in the treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia, a recent large trial of group art therapy found no clinical advantage over standard care, but the study population was heterogeneous and uptake of the intervention was poor. This study aimed to investigate whether art therapy was more effective for specific subgroups of patients. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial of group art therapy as an adjunctive treatment for schizophrenia (n = 140) versus standard care alone (n = 137). Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale scores at 12 months were compared between trial arms. Interaction between intervention effect and different subgroups, including those with more severe negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and those who expressed a preference for art therapy prior to randomisation, was tested using a linear mixed model. RESULTS: The clinical effectiveness of group art therapy did not significantly differ between participants with more or less severe negative symptoms [interaction for difference in PANSS = 1.7, 95 % CI (-8.6 to 12.1), P = 0.741], or between those who did and did not express a preference for art therapy [interaction = 3.9, 95 % CI (-6.7 to 14.5), P = 0.473]. None of the other exploratory subgroups suggested differences in intervention effect. CONCLUSIONS: There was no evidence of greater improvement in clinical symptoms of schizophrenia for those with more severe negative symptoms or those with a preference for art therapy. Identification of patients with schizophrenia who may benefit most from group art therapy remains elusive.