ReviewFrontiers in psychology2023
The role of arts engagement in reducing cognitive decline and improving quality of life in healthy older people: a systematic review.
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- Receptive Arts Engagement Activities and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults: Serial Indirect Associations Through Leisure-Related Relaxation and Subjective Well-Being.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Empowering Older Persons through Creative Engagement: A Feasibility Study of 'The House of Evergreen Arts' among Chinese Community Members in Newcastle, England.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2026Article
- Family transmission of crafts and folk art: a mixed-methods study on family relationships and cohesion among artisans in a UNESCO Creative City.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Article
- Traumatic brain injury and neurological stealth syndromes.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Integrated arts engagement as preventive infrastructure for active and healthy aging: a conceptual and policy framework.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Changes in mental health during participation in Art Pharmacy: a longitudinal study of a U.S. arts-based social prescribing program.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Radical Imagination: An Afrofuturism and Creative Aging Program for Black Women's Brain Health and Wellness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- "I feel good in this creative world": a multi-methods study exploring older artisans' attributions of mental health, quality of life, and well-being to their work in a UNESCO Creative City of crafts and folk art.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A Multimethod International Mapping Exercise of Arts Interventions in Renal Units: The PAINT Project.Nephron · 2025Article
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Abstract
In recent years, arts engagement has been proposed as a non-pharmacological approach to reduce cognitive decline and increase well-being and quality of life in specific populations such as the elderly or patients with severe disease. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effects of receptive or active arts engagement on reducing cognitive decline and improving quality of life and well-being in healthy populations, with a particular focus on the role of arts engagement in the long term. A comprehensive search strategy was conducted across four databases from February to March 2023. Ten studies with a total of 7,874 participants were incorporated in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Active and receptive arts engagement was found to be an effective approach to reduce cognitive decline and improve well-being and quality of life in healthy populations. The role of the positive effects of arts engagement could be determined by the combination of several factors such as exposure to cultural activities and the group effect. There is limited evidence of the protective effects of active arts engagement over a long period of time. Given the increasing demand for preventive programmes to reduce the negative effects of population ageing, more research on arts engagement should be conducted to identify its mechanisms and long-term effects.
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