Cultural Participation and Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Medical Care Staff

Bygren, Lars Olov; Weissglas, Gösta; Wikström, Britt‐Maj; Konlaan, Boinkum Benson; Grjibovski, Andrej M.; Karlsson, Ann-Brith; Andersson, Sven‐Olof; Sjöstróm, Michael

doi:10.1097/psy.0b013e31819e47d4

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“…This corresponds to some extent with the results reported by Bygren et al (2009), who did not found a significant impact of cultural attendance on similar measures of physical and mental health. As argued in section (5.3), however, comparing individuals that frequently visit cultural events (at least once a month) with others who rarely or never consume artistic goods and services may obscure the health benefits of cultural participation.…”

Section: Matching Estimates Of the Effect Of Cultural Participationsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Thus, we adopt a rather narrow definition of cultural participation that comprises both the performing arts and visual arts, which is however consistent with cultural economic approaches (Frey, 2008). To make our results comparable to previous experimental evidence (Bygren et al, 2009;Konlaan et al, 2000), the treatment indicator distinguishes between those who often go to cultural events and those who rarely or never attend cultural events. The treatment group is confined to individuals that visit cultural events at least once a month (n = 953).…”

Section: Definition Of the Treatment Variablesupporting

confidence: 63%

“…Complementary evidence on the causal effect of arts participation on health comes from controlled experiments in a small region of Sweden (Bygren et al, 2009;Konlaan et al, 2000). They estimated the effect of, among others, cultural-event attendance on medical and self-rated health outcomes using a randomized controlled trial (RCT).…”

Section: Previous Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our aim is to mimic the experimental set-up of the randomized controlled trials conducted by Konlaan et al (2000) and Bygren et al (2009), to create a control group that is as close as possible to the treatment group in terms of observed background characteristics. Specifically, we employ propensity-score matching methods to remove any observed pre-treatment differences between cases and controls.…”

Section: Empirical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Leave the Drama on the Stage: The Effect of Cultural Participation on Health

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2015

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Section: Matching Estimates Of the Effect Of Cultural Participationsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Definition Of the Treatment Variablesupporting

confidence: 63%

Section: Previous Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Empirical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Leave the Drama on the Stage: The Effect of Cultural Participation on Health

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2015

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“…Cultural activities can enrich and enhance our memory and stimulate new neural pathways, they enable us to accelerate learning and to better comprehend our feelings, giving them meaning and context [20,21]. Cultural activities have also been shown to improve physical health, social function and vitality among health care staff [22]. Other initiatives, such as the Arts in Medicine (AIM) program, have been shown to reduce stress and increase revitalisation among nurses in their working environment [23].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%