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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2014

Arts therapies for anxiety, depression, and quality of life in breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Katja Boehm, Holger Cramer, Thomas Staroszynski, Thomas Ostermann

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02982421 (The Effect of Group Art Therapy on Physical and Psychological Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors Receiving Hormonal Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT02982421 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Group Art Therapy on Physical and Psychological Symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors Receiving Hormonal Therapy

TypeinterventionalSponsorRabin Medical CenterRan2016 to 2017Enrolled20ConditionsBreast CancerArmsGroup art therapy, Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Effectiveness of dance movement therapy and dance movement interventions on cancer patients' health-related outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  19. Allies not enemies-creating a more empathetic and uplifting patient experience through technology and art.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Katja BoehmInstitute for Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, 58313 Herdecke, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3405-1442
Holger CramerDepartment of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45276 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3640-8046
Thomas StaroszynskiHochschule für Kunsttherapie, University of Applied Sciences, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8416-4832
Thomas OstermannInstitute for Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, 58313 Herdecke, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2695-0701

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer. However, only a few trials assess the effects of arts therapies. Material and Methods. We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, and Google Scholar from their start date to January 2012. We handsearched reference lists and contacted experts. All randomized controlled trials, quasi-randomized trials, and controlled clinical trials of art interventions in breast cancer patients were included. Data were extracted and risk of bias was assessed. Meta-analyses were performed using standardized mean differences. Results. Thirteen trials with a total of 606 patients were included. Arts therapies comprised music therapy interventions, various types of art therapy, and dance/movement therapies. The methodological quality ranged from poor to high quality with the majority scoring 3 of 4 points on the Jadad scale. Results suggest that arts therapies seem to positively affect patients' anxiety (standardized mean difference: -1.10; 95%, confidence interval: -1.40 to -0.80) but not depression or quality of life. No conclusion could be drawn regarding the effects of arts therapy on pain, functional assessment, coping, and mood states. Discussion. Our review indicates that arts interventions may have beneficial effects on anxiety in patients with breast cancer.

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