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Author Clapp L.A., Taylor E.P., Di Folco S., Mackinnon V.L.
Title Effectiveness of art therapy with pediatric populations affected by medical health conditions: a systematic review
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Clapp L.A., Taylor E.P., Di Folco S., Mackinnon V.L.; Effectiveness of art therapy with pediatric populations affected by medical health conditions: a systematic review ;Arts and Health vol:11.0 issue: 3 page:183

Link to article https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85071782608&doi=10.1080%2f17533015.2018.1443952&partnerID=40&md5=2c68266a62178a65b43f5d0b41b093f9
Abstract 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. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Effectiveness of art therapy with pediatric populations affected by medical health conditions: a systematic review. A recent scoping review concluded that within pediatric populations art therapy interventions are used in different ways and for various purposes to encourage young people to rely on art works as a commu- nication tool for healing. Quality assessment Quality assessment was carried out in accordance with the Effective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment Tool a reliable tool designed to evaluate heterogeneity in study design and lack of studies at randomized control trial level. drop outs were a limitation in the high-intensity programs with poor reporting and missing data creating issues with evaluating long-term outcomes. A quasi-experimental evaluation of a community-based art therapy intervention exploring the psychosocial health of children affected by HIV in South Africa.


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