Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed method pilot study

Hass-Cohen, Noah; Bokoch, Rebecca; Goodman, Katherine R.; Conover, Kristin J.

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2020.101749

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“…Overall, MBMC within nature could not verify therapeutic factors identified from art therapy studies on pain management [19][20][21][22][23]. In terms of art therapy providing security of relational attachment for individuals with chronic pain [19,21,22], MBMC within nature would take this into account because this study was implemented on a short-term basis. In terms of art therapy useful for emotional and psychological support for individuals with chronic pain [23], MBMC within nature may have influenced the results because it was implemented on a group basis and the therapeutic protocol includes sharing the experience with others.…”

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“…Therapeutically, art facilitates self-realization and rediscovering a more evident self [18]. There are a few art therapy studies that reported chronic pain effects for various population groups and medical conditions [19][20][21][22][23]. The therapeutic factors revealed in art therapy studies for pain management are as follows.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, art making evolved to provide the individual with a way to increase the security of relational attachment, when their pain experiences are shared with the art therapist [19,21,22]. Second, group art therapy is useful for emotional and psychological support when their pain experiences are shared with others [23].…”

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The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Mandala Coloring, Made in Nature, on Chronic Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain: Randomized Trial

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This study aimed to investigate the effects of mindfulness-based mandala coloring made within nature on individuals with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain (CWP). Thirty-six participants were randomly allocated. In the experimental group, identical interventions and procedures were administered for each experiment. The control group members were untreated and remained in an urban environment. Overall, the experiment showed significant improvements in tender points (f = 8.791, p = 0.006), total stress level (f = 14.570, p = 0.001), depressive symptoms (f = 15.205, p = 0.001), anger symptoms (f = 7.263, p = 0.011) and salivary cortisol (f = 10.619, p = 0.003) in the experimental group. The results reflect that MBMC within nature is effective in reducing pain, psychological stress responses, and cortisol levels in individuals with CWP. The positive results could be a product of the experimental design rather than the treatment itself. A rigorous experimental design provides better understanding of MBMC within nature.

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The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Mandala Coloring, Made in Nature, on Chronic Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain: Randomized Trial

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“…Furthermore, the results of AT-aided health and well-being indicate that among the latest research keywords in 2021, the research content of AT also revolves regarding the keyword of COVID-19. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hass-Cohen et al [ 194 ] studied the effects of pain, depression, anxiety, interpersonal relationships, helplessness, and resources on patients participating in AT using drawing as a medium, before and after the pandemic, and found that the frequency of experiencing hopefulness of participants before the pandemic increased with time, while the frequency of experiencing hopefulness of participants after the pandemic decreased with time. From the perspective of research hotspots, the future development trend of AT may be based on research hotspots, such as group AT, children, schizophrenia, well-being, mental health, palliative care, veterans, and the elderly, for the COVID-19 pandemic associated topic.…”

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An Investigation into Art Therapy Aided Health and Well-Being Research: A 75-Year Bibliometric Analysis

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Considering the physical, and psychological impacts and challenges brought about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), art therapy (AT) provides opportunities to promote human health and well-being. There are few systematic analysis studies in the fields of AT, which can provide content and direction for the potential value and impact of AT. Therefore, this paper aims to critically analyze the published work in the field of AT from the perspective of promoting health and well-being, and provides insights into current research status, hotspots, limitations, and future development trends of AT. This paper adopts a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative analysis including bibliometric analysis and keyword co-occurrence analysis. The results indicate that: (1) the current studies on AT are mostly related to research and therapeutic methods, types of AT, research populations and diseases, and evaluation of therapeutic effect of AT. The research method of AT mainly adopts qualitative research, among which creative arts therapy and group AT are common types of AT, and its main research populations are children, veterans, and adolescents. AT-aided diseases are trauma, depression, psychosis, dementia, and cancer. In addition, the therapeutic methods are mainly related to psychotherapy, drama, music, and dance/movement. Further, computer systems are an important evaluation tool in the research of AT; (2) the future development trend of AT-aided health and well-being based on research hotspots, could be focused on children, schizophrenia, well-being, mental health, palliative care, veterans, and the elderly within the context of addressing COVID-19 challenges; and (3) future AT-aided health and well-being could pay more attention to innovate and integrate the therapeutic methods of behavior, movement, and technology, such as virtual reality and remote supervision.

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“…In the specific case of the visual arts modality (drawing, illustration, painting, collage, photography and sculpture), art therapy not only prevails as a clinical intervention tool (Cheng et al, 2021;Hass-Cohen et al, 2021;Tang et al, 2021) but also as a diagnostic tool (Akhavan Tafti et al, 2021;Goldner et al, 2021;Grenimann Bauch and Bat Or, 2021), which gives it a versatile and innovative character, and which distinguishes it from the other art therapy modalities. Bearing in mind the above, and given the variety of studies and publications in this regard, it is of interest to have a more in-depth view of the scope and characteristics of the existing research; bibliometrics is the ideal instrument for this objective since by using bibliometric indicators, it is possible to evaluate scientific activity in any discipline or area of knowledge, and thus determine different basic categories that define who the producing people, institutions or countries are, how much they produce, what the impact of their publications is and how they collaborate with each other (Rodríguez Gutiérrez and Gómez Velasco, 2017).…”

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Trends in Research on Art Therapy Indexed in the Web of Science: A Bibliometric Analysis

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Aim: Despite the increase in international research in art therapy, few studies have been developed with a bibliometric approach which describe the situation regarding this area of knowledge. Thus, the aim of this study is to describe and contextualize international scientific production in the visual arts modality in the context of artistic therapies, to offer a broader and more in-depth vision of the structure of this area of knowledge through of a bibliometric analysis of the publications indexed in the core collection of the Web of Science.Methods: This is a retrospective, exploratory and descriptive, cross-sectional study to analyze the bibliographic data retrieved from the databases of the core collection. The analysis parameters included the data corresponding to the production according to type of document, country, journal, and institution. In addition, the main lines of research were located and classified and the subject matter of the most cited articles in each of them was summarized. Four periods were selected, between 1994 and 2020, to facilitate the thematic analysis and offer an evolutionary perspective of art therapy research.Results: A total of 563 works were published, in 250 journals, in the 63 years between 1958, when the first document was published, and April 2021. The annual growth rate was 7.3% with a mean average of 8.7 publications per year, and 83.13% of the published works were articles. A total of 1,269 authors from 56 countries were counted. The mean number of citations per document was 5.6 and the mean number of citations per document and year was 0.6. The main research domains were psychology and/or rehabilitation and the highest production on this topic was concentrated in only three journals. In general, a high degree of variability was observed in the study topics and numerous theoretical and methodological articles. The most used visual arts modalities were in the main drawing, painting and photography.Conclusion: This work did not find previous existence of any bibliometric analysis on the international scientific production in art therapy. In general terms, there has been a substantial growth in the number of publications on the subject over the last decade. However, this research area does not appear to have peaked, but, on the contrary, is still growing and progressing despite its long history in clinical practice.

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Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed method pilot study

Cited by 13 publications

References 39 publications

The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Mandala Coloring, Made in Nature, on Chronic Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain: Randomized Trial

The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Mandala Coloring, Made in Nature, on Chronic Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain: Randomized Trial

An Investigation into Art Therapy Aided Health and Well-Being Research: A 75-Year Bibliometric Analysis

Trends in Research on Art Therapy Indexed in the Web of Science: A Bibliometric Analysis

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