The therapeutic potential of bedside art observation in hematologic cancer inpatients: a randomized controlled pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prior research has suggested that art-based interventions may reduce anxiety in cancer patients and enhance dialogue in the healthcare setting. Through implementing Art at the Bedside, an art-based hospital visitation program, we sought to examine whether dedicated art observation sessions, and varying formats (with and without guided discussion), could have therapeutic effects on cancer patients' mental wellbeing.

Methods

This randomized controlled pilot study evaluated the effects of bedside art observation on anxiety in a sample of 73 hematologic cancer inpatients. We compared state anxiety, as measured by an abbreviated form of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Y-6), across three groups (participants who observed an electronic selection of artwo

SUBMITTER: Gore E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8754522 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature