Art making and expressive art therapy in adult health and nursing care: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

While receptive art engagement is known to promote health and wellbeing, active art engagement has not been fully explored in health and nursing care. This review is to describe the existing knowledge on art making and expressive art therapy in adult health and nursing care between 2010 and 2020.

Methods

Relevant studies and grey literature were searched and identified between March 17 and April 10, 2020 from EBSCO, CINAHL, Medline and ERIC databases and a general Internet search. Following data charting and extraction, the data (n = 42 papers) were summarized and reported in accordance with PRISMA-ScR guidelines.

Results

In the included papers, both art making and expressive art therapy were seen in different health care and nursing contexts: yet no

SUBMITTER: Vaartio-Rajalin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859537 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature