Dementia and Imagination: a mixed-methods protocol for arts and science research
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 160533
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011634
- Title of journal
- BMJ Open
- Article number
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- First page
- e011634
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 2044-6055
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/617605/
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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8
- Research group(s)
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C - Design
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The transdisciplinary team of the AHRC/ESRC funded £1.2million, Dementia & Imagination (D&I) project interrogated the role of visual arts appreciation and creation on the wellbeing and quality of life of 271 people affected by dementia. This far-reaching, three-year co-designed study broke new ground through bringing together people living with dementia, artists and scientists to address evidence limitations of previous smaller studies. As co-investigator and lead researcher for NHS sites, Parkinson focused on the theoretical and practical development and delivery of arts interventions, and their public dissemination. This BMJ research protocol provides the context and stringent methodological approach to the three areas of theory development: (1) a realist synthesis, (2) workshops with artists, and (3) a survey of arts organisations, people with dementia and their carers. As co-author, Parkinson contributed to the theoretical, rationale and intervention development sections and NHS focus. D&I was the largest arts and dementia longitudinal study in the UK. It combined rigorous methods from health and social sciences (observational, quantitative, qualitative and economic) with artistic observation and outputs. The article evidences the academic rigour, vision and methodological approach to this mixed methods, multi-site research project in one of the highest impact global health journals - a significant incursion of arts-led research within an international bio-medical journal. The research was delivered across England & Wales in the NHS, care homes and community settings, to offer new evidence-based, artist-led ways of addressing the key societal challenge of supporting the quality of life of the growing numbers of people living with dementia. The research has provided significant data, evidencing theoretically informed arts interventions can improve attention, pleasure and self-esteem, and reduce sadness and negative mood. Furthermore, a social return on investment analysis revealed that an input of £189,498 to deliver the groups created a social value of £980,717.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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