Clinical trial · Interventional
The Value of Integrating Visual Arts: Evaluating the Benefits of Hospital Room Artwork on Inpatient Wellbeing
The Value of Integrating Visual Arts (VIVA): Evaluating the Benefits of Hospital Room Artwork on Inpatient Wellbeing
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The Value of Integrating Visual Arts (VIVA): Evaluating the Benefits of Hospital Room Artwork on Inpatient Wellbeing will use a large randomized controlled trial design to investigate how the inclusion of visual arts in the hospital rooms of cancer patients benefits their quality-of-life during treatment. This 18-month research study will provide hospitals with evidence of the therapeutic value of the visual arts as measured by patients' perceptions of anxiety, pain ratings, use of pain medications, need for nurses, and length of stay. Data also will be collected on patients' evaluation of hospital rooms, specifically on décor including artwork, so as to correlate patient wellbeing with the presence of artwork. Ultimately, this project aims to increase support of and appreciation for the arts from a major consumer-namely, healthcare providers-by justifying the value of integrating local visual art into inpatient rooms and providing patients with aesthetic choice during their stay.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artwork | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Choice
- description
- Patients given choice over artwork on wall
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Artwork
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- No choice
- description
- Patients not given choice over artwork on wall
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Artwork
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- No artwork
- description
- Patients not receiving any artwork on wall
- interventionNames
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 90 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are admitted to the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute (7th floor) for treatments including oncology, bone marrow transplant, and hematology. Patients will be 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * Patients whose treatments do not include oncology, bone marrow transplant, and hematology; who are not hospitalized on the 7th floor of the Cancer Institute; and who are not 18 years or older.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDGeorge DR, Boer C, Hammer J, Hopkins M, King T, Green MJ. Evaluating the Benefits of Hospital Room Artwork for Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Hosp Med. 2018 Aug 1;13(8):558-561. doi: 10.12788/jhm.2915. Epub 2018 Feb 5. PMID 29401210