The effect of the art therapy interventions to alleviate depression symptoms among children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Clinics Pub Date : 2025-05-13 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.clinsp.2025.100683

Bo Zhang, Lifang Yang, Wen Sun, Peng Xu, Hui Ma, Azizah Binti Abdullah

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Abstract

Background: Existing systematic reviews provide evidence that art therapy is an effective intervention for reducing symptoms of depression in children and adolescents. This study aims to systematically review and quantify the impact of art-based interventions on depressive symptoms in this demographic through meta-analysis.

Method: A systematic search of databases and journals identified eligible studies for inclusion in a meta-analysis examining the efficacy of art therapy interventions on depressive symptom reduction. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted using the Standardized Mean Difference (SMD).

Results: The meta-analysis of twelve (randomized) controlled trials revealed a significant effect (SMD = -0.72; 95 % CI [-1.28, -0.16], p = 0.01), indicating that children and adolescents (n = 333) who received art therapy experienced a more significant reduction in depressive symptoms compared to those (n = 344) in the control groups.

Limitations: The existing evidence is limited to studies with low statistical power and methodological quality. Furthermore, the included studies were highly heterogeneous in terms of the intervention type, measurement tools, participant samples, and study designs.

Conclusions: The findings suggest that art-based interventions can be effective in reducing depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. However, future research requires more methodologically rigorous and well-controlled studies to strengthen the evidence base.

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艺术治疗干预缓解儿童和青少年抑郁症状的效果：系统回顾和荟萃分析。

背景：现有的系统综述提供的证据表明，艺术治疗是减轻儿童和青少年抑郁症状的有效干预措施。本研究旨在通过荟萃分析系统地回顾和量化艺术干预对这一人群抑郁症状的影响。方法：系统地检索数据库和期刊，确定符合条件的研究纳入荟萃分析，检查艺术治疗干预对抑郁症状减轻的疗效。采用标准化平均差（SMD）进行随机效应荟萃分析。结果：12项（随机）对照试验的荟萃分析显示效果显著(SMD = -0.72；95% CI [-1.28, -0.16], p = 0.01)，表明接受艺术治疗的儿童和青少年（n = 333）与对照组（n = 344）相比，抑郁症状的减轻更为显著。局限性：现有证据仅限于统计能力和方法质量较低的研究。此外，纳入的研究在干预类型、测量工具、参与者样本和研究设计方面具有高度异质性。结论：研究结果表明，以艺术为基础的干预可以有效地减轻儿童和青少年的抑郁症状。然而，未来的研究需要在方法上更加严谨和控制良好的研究来加强证据基础。

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Clinics 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

3.70%

发文量

129

审稿时长

52 days

期刊介绍： CLINICS is an electronic journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles in continuous flow, of interest to clinicians and researchers in the medical sciences. CLINICS complies with the policies of funding agencies which request or require deposition of the published articles that they fund into publicly available databases. CLINICS supports the position of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) on trial registration.