Cultural Participation and Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Medical Care Staff
| Autor: | Ann-Brith Karlsson, Britt-Maj Wikström, Boinkum Benson Konlaan, Sven-Olof Andersson, Lars Olov Bygren, Andrej M Grjibovski, Michael Sjöström, Gösta Weissglas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Gerontology Self-Assessment Hydrocortisone Cultural participation Health Personnel Health Status Culture Motion Pictures Population Choral singing Medical care law.invention Leisure Activities Health Facility Administrators Randomized controlled trial Memory law Humans Saliva Social Behavior education Baseline (configuration management) Applied Psychology Sweden education.field_of_study Middle Aged Immunoglobulin A Psychiatry and Mental health Quality of Life Female Psychology Health habits Art Music Drama |
| Zdroj: | Psychosomatic Medicine. 71:469-473 |
| ISSN: | 0033-3174 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/psy.0b013e31819e47d4 |
| Popis: | Population studies demonstrate that attending cultural events is conducive to improved health when baseline health, income, education, and health habits are taken into account. Animal experiments suggest possible mechanisms. We studied the link in humans between attending cultural events and health in a randomized controlled trial.Members of the local government officers' union in the health services in Umeå, Sweden, were invited to the experiment and 101 people registered for fine arts visits once a week for 8 weeks. They chose films, concerts, or art exhibitions visits, or singing in a choir and were then randomized into 51 cases, starting at once, and 50 controls starting after the trial. Health was assessed before randomization and after the experimental period using the instrument for perceived health, short form (SF)-36, and tests of episodic memory, saliva-cortisol and immunoglobulin. The results were analyzed using a mixed design analysis of variance.The SF-36 Composite Score called physical health improved in the intervention group and decreased among controls during the experiment (F(1,87) = 7.06, p = .009). The individual factor of the SF-36 called social functioning, improved more in the intervention group than among controls (F(1,98) = 8.11, p = .005) as well as the factor vitality (F(1,98) = 5.26, p = .024). The six other factors and the Mental Health Composite Score, episodic memory, cortisol and immunoglobulin levels did not change otherwise than among controls. Mechanisms are left to be identified.Fine arts stimulations improved perceived physical health, social functioning, and vitality. |
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