Effectiveness of art therapy with pediatric populations affected by medical health conditions: a systematic review
Background: Visual art therapy has been widely used with children with medical health conditions within various settings. However, less is known about its effectiveness. The scope of this systematic review is to shed light on what benefit art therapy may have for ill health adjustment in youth popul...
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| Published in: | Arts & health Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 183 - 201 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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England
Taylor & Francis
01-10-2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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| Summary: | Background: Visual art therapy has been widely used with children with medical health conditions within various settings. However, less is known about its effectiveness. The scope of this systematic review is to shed light on what benefit art therapy may have for ill health adjustment in youth populations.
Methods: Electronic databases (Psychinfo, Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, Scopus, Embase and Child and Adolescent Studies) were searched (1806-2017). Systematic methods for study selection and data extraction were used.
Results: Twelve studies (N = 404 participants, 318 in the control group; aged between 2 and 19 years old, with various medical conditions) were included. Ten studies reported significant improvements concerning at least one outcome with an overall inconclusive trend toward effectiveness.
Conclusions: Visual art therapy interventions were found weak in evidence quality. However, future evidence-based research designs could show the effectiveness of these interventions in health care settings. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Undefined-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1753-3015 1753-3023 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17533015.2018.1443952 |