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Effects of art therapy in cancer care: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.
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European Journal of Cancer Care . Sep2020, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p1-12. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objective: To evaluate the effect of art therapy on cancer patients' quality of life and physical and psychological symptoms. Methods: The databases PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, Clinical Trial.gov, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) were searched from their inception up to 20 August 2019. Trials examining the effects of art therapy on physical and psychological symptoms and quality of life versus a control group were included. The methodological quality of the included randomised controlled trials was assessed using the risk of bias tool of Cochrane Handbook. Meanwhile, the Newcastle‐Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS) was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the non‐randomised studies. Results: Twelve studies involving 587 cancer patients were included. The results revealed that art therapy significantly reduced anxiety symptoms (standard mean difference [SMD] = −0.46, 95% confidence interval [CI] [−0.90, 0.02], p =.04), depression symptoms (SMD = −0.47, 95% CI [−0.72, 0.21], p <.01), and fatigue (SMD = −0.38, 95% CI [−0.68, −0.09], p =.01) in cancer patients. Art therapy also significantly improved the quality of life of cancer patients (SMD = 0.43, 95% CI [0.18, 0.68], p <.01). Conclusions: Art therapy had a positive effect on quality of life and symptoms in cancer patients and can be used as a complementary treatment for cancer patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PREVENTION of mental depression
*TUMOR treatment
*ART therapy
*CANCER patient medical care
*CANCER patient psychology
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*MEDICAL databases
*INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
*MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
*MEDLINE
*META-analysis
*ONLINE information services
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*QUALITY of life
*RESEARCH funding
*SYSTEMATIC reviews
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CANCER fatigue
ANXIETY prevention
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09615423
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Cancer Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 146138723
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13277