Group arts interventions for depression and anxiety among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we assessed the efficacy of group arts interventions, where individuals engage together in a shared artistic experience (for example, dance or painting), for reducing depression and anxiety among older adults (> 55 yr without dementia). Fifty controlled studies were identified via electronic databases searched to February 2024 (randomised: 42, non-randomised: 8). Thirty-nine studies were included. Thirty-six studies investigated the impact of group arts interventions on depression (n = 3,360) and ten studies investigated anxiety (n = 949). Subgroup analyses assessed whether participant, contextual, intervention and study characteristics moderated the intervention-outcome relationship. Risk of bias was assessed with appropriate tool

SUBMITTER: Quinn EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11896886 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature