Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2399245
Liat Shamri-Zeevi, Neta Ram-Vlasov
{"title":"\"When I go back to painting, I am 'Alice in Wonderland\": older women coping with age-related crises through visual artmaking.","authors":"Liat Shamri-Zeevi, Neta Ram-Vlasov","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2399245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2399245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The creative process of visual artmaking provides an opportunity for older women to express themselves and explore their emotions, thoughts, and experiences. This study examined the roles of visual artmaking in older women's lives in general and in relation to the ongoing challenges of aging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample was composed of 21 Israeli women aged 60-90, who indicated that they produced visual artworks on an ongoing basis. The participants' artworks were collected, and semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A thematic analysis of the interviews revealed 4 themes: visual artmaking to address the challenges of older women's lives, artwork as a framework for doing, visual artmaking to support the wellbeing of older women, artwork as channel of communication and stronger ties with family members.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings contribute to a better understanding of the roles of visual art in older women's lives, especially in times of crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2394117
Malakeh Z Malak, Maha M Subih, Reham Abu Roomi
{"title":"Effect of creative art therapy (CATs) on depressive symptoms and quality of life among Jordanian community-dwelling older people: an experimental study.","authors":"Malakeh Z Malak, Maha M Subih, Reham Abu Roomi","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2394117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2394117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are a lack of studies examining the effect of creative art therapy on older people. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of creative art therapy on reducing depressive symptoms and improving the quality of life among Jordanian older people.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A one-group time-series design (pretest, posttest, and follow-up) was adopted between June 2021 and April 2022 on 102 community-dwelling older people who suffered from depressive symptoms and low quality of life in Amman Governorate.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Significant differences were found among older people in pre-, post-, and follow-up therapy for depressive symptoms and quality of life. Post hoc tests showed a statistically significant reduction in symptoms and an improvement in quality of life from pre to post-intervention, which was sustained at follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Results suggested that using creative art therapies as a therapeutic intervention for older persons was effective in minimizing depressive symptoms and improving quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142009656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2393103
Lucy Bolger, Jobin Ovelil, Vishal Gupta
{"title":"Listening to caregivers' voices about the experience of integrating music therapy-informed activity in community-based rehabilitation in rural India.","authors":"Lucy Bolger, Jobin Ovelil, Vishal Gupta","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2393103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2393103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This project is part of a four-year intercultural collaboration between Indian and Australian stakeholders studying to use of music therapy (MT)-informed activity in community-based rehabilitation (CBR) with disabled children and their families in rural Maharashtra. This paper presents a qualitative study of caregiver perspectives.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Interviews with four participating caregivers were thematically analysed, with an emphasis on participant voices. The combined thematic analysis of the four interviews revealed shared five themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data analysis revealed caregivers' perception that music in CBR supported existing CBR goals. Furthermore, caregivers reported that music in CBR enhanced motivation and participation for children and families and fostered community connection. Importantly, caregivers noted that music made CBR fun and was a pre-existing resource.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings were congruent with research with other stakeholders in the intercultural collaboration. Caregiver perspectives offer new insight into the priorities of families in CBR, which has wider relevance arts and health workers in community-based practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142000974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2368767
L Mazzoli Smith, P Hardy, K Thompson, L Westwood
{"title":"Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences.","authors":"L Mazzoli Smith, P Hardy, K Thompson, L Westwood","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2368767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2368767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>References to transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling are often made, yet this remains an under-explored area, which we foreground in this study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A phenomenological research design was adopted to explore through interview how a purposive sample of Patient Voices storytellers experienced participation in more than one digital storytelling workshop. Analysis was through thematic coding, linguistic analysis and use of van Manen's lifeworld existentials framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We find that for this particular group, the therapeutic and transformative experiences that re-centre and re-frame personal meaning do so through inter-personal connections and can be understood as a process of social learning. The lifeworld existentials analysis demonstrates that a pluralist and relational conception of wellbeing holds and there is a close relationship between this and Yalom's 11 therapeutic factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Drawing on group analytic literature, we suggest the concept of a social learning methodology as useful in grounding further research that seeks to understand the beneficial impacts of digital storytelling methodologies in healthcare and in contributing evidence in this field with fidelity to the lived experience as central.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141493915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2368774
Kelsey E Binion, Maria Brann, Krista J Longtin
{"title":"<i>Am I Broken?</i>: A mixed-method analysis of an ethnotheatrical performance about women's experiences with infertility and friendship.","authors":"Kelsey E Binion, Maria Brann, Krista J Longtin","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2368774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2368774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study evaluated an ethnotheatrical performance about infertility to bring awareness to the health condition and its impact on friendships.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>After each performance (<i>N</i> = 2), attendees participated in a talkback session to express thoughts and ask questions about the production; then, they completed a survey describing their overall experience. Analyses included descriptive statistics for Likert questions and a thematic analysis for open-ended responses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty-six percent of attendees found the performance informative about the challenges infertility imposes on everyday life, and more than 60% gained new information and advice on how to talk about infertility. The thematic analysis revealed three themes: learn about the complexities of infertility experiences, develop empathy towards individuals with infertility, and respond appropriately to individuals coping with infertility.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The performance offered a safe environment for attendees to learn, understand, and process infertility's complex nature. Creating awareness influenced participants' perceptions and communicative behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-06-10DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2364595
Faye Sayer, R Leyva, A Luck, N Lidbetter, D Smithson
{"title":"Testing the potential therapeutic effects of an online creative arts-based intervention for people with anxiety.","authors":"Faye Sayer, R Leyva, A Luck, N Lidbetter, D Smithson","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2024.2364595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2364595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Creative arts-based interventions are a relatively new addition to the toolkit of psychological treatments for mental afflictions. As such, the therapeutic efficacy of these therapies when conducted remotely via digital media has been under-researched. To address this gap, this study tested the effects of an online creative arts-based intervention to alleviate anxiety.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A repeated measures quasi-experimental design was employed on a sample of British adults (<i>N</i> = 41). Data were collected using pre- and post-intervention scores on the General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing (WEMWBS) scales.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Inferential analysis procedures consisting of multiple tests for within-subjects effects all showed significantly lower levels of anxiety and higher levels of mental wellbeing post-intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Whilst additional confirmatory and longitudinal research is needed, the results of this exploratory study tentatively indicate that creative arts-based \"interventions\" delivered through digital media may be effective in substantively reducing common symptoms of anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2023.2192741
Meredith J Cheng, Emilie M F Rohan, Bhim B Rai, Faran Sabeti, Ted Maddess, Jo Lane
{"title":"The experience of visual art for people living with mild-to-moderate vision loss.","authors":"Meredith J Cheng, Emilie M F Rohan, Bhim B Rai, Faran Sabeti, Ted Maddess, Jo Lane","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2192741","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2192741","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Visual art can enhance wellbeing and quality-of-life; however, the experience of visual art for people with mild-to-moderate vision loss has not been examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight participants (6 females, 2 males; Mean age = 81 years, SD = 7.9, range 70-91 years; 4 with mild vision loss and 4 with moderate vision loss based on binocular visual acuity) completed a mixed-methods study comprising: a semi-structured interview on visual art experience; an eye examination; and questionnaires about visual functioning and quality-of-life.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Various themes were identified: visual perception of art (e.g. altered colours, visual distortions, etc.), viewing conditions, elements of art, personal preference, deriving meaning, appreciation of art, impact of impaired visual perception, and social aspects of art.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The overall experience of art is influenced by how an individual sees, perceives, and makes meaning from art. Even mild vision loss can impair this experience and impact emotional and social wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"147-166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9611654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-05-31DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2023.2218408
Bibiana Pedra Cruz Bettin, Lauriana Urquiza Nogueira, Pablo Antonio Bertasso de Araujo, Luciana C Antunes
{"title":"Visual art- and music-based interventions as adjuvants in the treatment of eating disorders: a systematic review and a theoretical model.","authors":"Bibiana Pedra Cruz Bettin, Lauriana Urquiza Nogueira, Pablo Antonio Bertasso de Araujo, Luciana C Antunes","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2218408","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2218408","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the effect of visual art- and music-based interventions in the treatment of eating disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020161503). Six databases (CINAHL, EMBASE, Lilacs, PsycINFO, PubMed and The Cochrane Library) were consulted. The searches were performed on 19 June 2019, and updated on 18 March 2022. No restriction on language, date, or publication status was applied. Methodological quality was assessed using Joanna Briggs Institute's instruments. All steps were performed by two independent reviewers and a third participated in the event of disagreement.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight studies were included. Few statistically significant results were found. Overall, both interventions might help to reduce negative emotional states.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Visual art- and music-based interventions present limited and inconclusive scientific evidence in patients with eating disorders and therefore their effectiveness is currently unknown. A theoretical model is proposed to guide future research. Further studies are needed to clarify their clinical relevance.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"167-188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9667930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-03-13DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2023.2184402
Simon Riches, Meirion Yusuf-George, Natalie Steer, Carolina Fialho, Ruxandra Vasile, Sarah L Nicholson, Saira Waheed, Helen L Fisher, Shuo Zhang
{"title":"Videoconference-based Creativity Workshops for mental health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Simon Riches, Meirion Yusuf-George, Natalie Steer, Carolina Fialho, Ruxandra Vasile, Sarah L Nicholson, Saira Waheed, Helen L Fisher, Shuo Zhang","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2184402","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2184402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>COVID-19 presented significant challenges to psychiatric staff, while social distancing and remote working necessitated digital communications. NHS England prioritised staff wellbeing. Arts-based creativity interventions appear to improve psychological wellbeing, so this study evaluated online Creativity Workshops as a staff support response for COVID-19-related stress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were staff from a South London NHS psychiatric hospital. Group Creativity Workshops were facilitated via Microsoft Teams. Acceptability data on pre- and post-workshop mood and attitudes were self-reported by participants. Feasibility data were gathered from adherence to number of workshop components delivered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight workshops were delivered in May-September 2020 (<i>N</i> = 55) with high adherence to components. Participants reported significantly increased positive mood and attitudes towards themselves and others; and decreased stress and anxiety.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Online Creativity Workshops appear feasible and acceptable in reducing stress in psychiatric staff. Integrating a programme of Creativity Workshops within healthcare staff support may benefit staff wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"134-146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9533575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arts & HealthPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-02-06DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2023.2166088
Shioma-Lei Craythorne, Rachel L Shaw, Michael Larkin
{"title":"Visual representations of coping with body dysmorphic disorder: a multimodal hermeneutic phenomenological approach.","authors":"Shioma-Lei Craythorne, Rachel L Shaw, Michael Larkin","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2166088","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2023.2166088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental health condition characterised by distress associated with perceived defects in one's physical appearance. Such defects are likely to be very slight or invisible to external observers, making it difficult for people with BDD to convey what they see.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants created artwork representing how they cope with BDD, then completed a follow-up interview to discuss their artwork. Framework for the Analysis of Drawings was used together with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Three overarching themes were generated from the analysis, centred around BDD's fusion with one's lifeworld, perceptual detachment, and fragmented selves.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We suggest incorporating artwork creation in BDD research and clinical settings may elucidate understanding of \"hidden\" experiences. Clinicians may find it helpful to reflect on how the distinctive BDD \"way of seeing\" can infuse not just specific perceptions of the body, but also the person's wider relationship to the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"111-133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10708178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}