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Not Yet Recruiting NCT07847931

People Experiencing Homelessness and Integrative Medical Care: Implementing Music Therapy, Art Therapy and Mindfulness Meditation Sessions in a Low-Threshold Day-in Center in Lausanne for Greater Health Equity

Conditions: Homelessness

Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Healthy volunteers: No
Phase: NA
Enrollment: 30
Sponsor: Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Location: Center for Primary Care and Public Health Lausanne Canton of Vaud

Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of implementing group sessions of music therapy, art therapy and mindfulness meditation in real-life setting in a specific context (in a low threshold day-center for people experiencing homelessness in Lausanne "L'Espace"). The second aims consists of exploring participants' experience of these implemented approaches and describe participants' trajectories in terms of health-related QoL, psychological distress, perception of pain, self-esteem and relation to others over time. The sessions will be implemented sequentially in three blocks: * Music therapy: 8 biweekly 2 hours sessions over 4 months (group of 8-12 participants); * Art therapy: 8 biweekly 2 hours sessions over 4 months (group of 8 12 participants); * Mindfulness meditation: two consecutive 8-week program (weekly 2 hours sessions, group of 8-12 participants).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Being ≥18; * Being fluent in the languages known by the practitioners (English and French for music therapy and art therapy, Franch for mindfulness meditation); * Planning to stay in Lausanne for the next 10 months; * Agreeing to participate in group sessions; * Being homeless according to the categories 1, 2, 3, or 5 of the ETHOS Light typology. Exclusion Criteria: * Being unable to provide an informed consent. * For all interventions: having an unstable mental health issue (actively suicidal depression, active PTSD, decompensated bipolar, acute psychotic episode). * For the mindfulness meditation blocks only: being in psychological decompensation (including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, addictive disorders, and suicidal thoughts); suffering from epilepsy, complex trauma or unstable PTSD.

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