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| Id | 970 | |
| Author | Lankston L., Cusack P., Fremantle C., Isles C. | |
| Title | Visual art in hospitals: Case studies and review of the evidence | |
| Reference | Lankston L., Cusack P., Fremantle C., Isles C.; Visual art in hospitals: Case studies and review of the evidence ;Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine vol:103 issue: 12.0 page:490.0 |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78650161672&doi=10.1258%2fjrsm.2010.100256&partnerID=40&md5=bdbf0a10569857ca2b8dcf943c8688e5 |
| Abstract | In 2006 a Department of Health Working Group on Arts and Health reported that the arts have a clear contribution to make and offer major opportunities in the delivery of better health, wellbeing and improved experience for patients, service users and staff alike. In this review we examine the evidence underpinning this statement and evaluate the visual art of three of Scotlands newest hospitals: the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the new Stobhill Hospital, and the new Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow. We conclude that art in hospitals is generally viewed positively by both patients and staff, but that the quality of the evidence is not uniformly high. Effects may be mediated by psychological responses to colour hue, brightness and saturation. Colours that elicit high levels of pleasure with low levels of arousal are most likely to induce a state of calm, while those causing displeasure and high levels of arousal may provoke anxiety. The fact that patients frequently express a preference for landscape and nature scenes is consistent with this observation and with evolutionary psychological theories which predict positive emotional responses to flourishing natural environments. Contrary to a view which may prevail among some contemporary artists, patients who are ill or stressed about their health may not always be comforted by abstract art, preferring the positive distraction and state of calm created by the blues and greens of landscape and nature scenes instead. |
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| These include positive effects not only on patient wellbeing but also on health outcome such as length of stay in hospital and pain tolerance. . | We were particularly interested in the evidence that carefully chosen visual art might improve patient wellbeing or even outcomes. . | There is, moreover, considerable evidence that mental health can be improved by participation in arts projects (see www.artfull.org). . | Possible mechanisms of benefit Positive distraction It has been proposed that the beneficial effects of visual art on health are due to positive distraction. . | Positive distraction is a term used to describe the belief that environmental features can elicit positive feelings, hold attention and interest and, therefore, reduce stressful thoughts. . |
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