OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Arts & Health is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Using creative, sensory and embodied research methods when working with people with dementia: a method story	15
The acceptability, effectiveness and gender responsiveness of participatory arts interventions in promoting mental health and Wellbeing: a systematic review	15
Effectiveness of creative arts-based interventions for treating children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events: a systematic review of the quantitative evidence and meta-analysis	12
The big picture of recovery: a systematic review on the evidence of photography-based methods in researching recovery from mental distress	10
Embodied storytelling and meaning-making at the end of life: VoicingHan avatar life-review for palliative care in cancer patients	10
The effect of dance on physical health and cognition in community dwelling older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
“We are still doing some magic”: Exploring the effectiveness of online therapeutic clowning	6
How participatory arts can contribute to Dutch older adults’ wellbeing – revisiting a taxonomy of arts interventions for people with dementia	6
A qualitative systematic review of the experiences of sharing music for people living with dementia and their family care partners: the thread of connection	6
Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas	5
Designing and assessing of an art-based intervention for undocumented migrants	5
Connecting the dots: The state of arts and health in Singapore	5
Music in the life of nursing home residents	5
Art-based interventions and art therapy to promote health of migrant populations – a systematic literature review of current research	4
Movement for multiple sclerosis: a multi-site partnership for practice and research	4
Creative writing as a means to recover from early psychosis– Experiences from a group intervention	4
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) exploring the impact of a photography intervention on wellbeing and posttraumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Effects of choir singing on physiological stress in Japanese older adults: its relationship with cognitive functioning and subjective well-being	3
Videoconference-based Creativity Workshops for mental health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Negotiating boundaries: reflections on the ethics of arts-based and artistic research in care contexts	3
The need for robust critique of arts and health research: the treatment of the Gene Cohen et al. (2006) paper on singing, wellbeing and health in subsequent evidence reviews	3
The impact of theatre on social competencies: a meta-analytic evaluation	3
Music interventions with children, adolescents and emerging adults in mental health settings: a scoping review	3
Live music in hospital oncology settings: environmental, interpersonal, and personal outcomes for staff, patients, and carers	2
Crafting representations of rare disease: collage as qualitative inquiry	2

Pyracanthas	2
Help is on its Way: Exploring the Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes of a Massed Community Choir Program	2
Enacting agency: movement, dementia, and interaction	2
Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning	2
Care-giving experiences of parents of young people with PMLD and complex healthcare needs in the transition to adulthood years: a qualitative poetic synthesis	2
Dementia Arts Mapping: observational methods for documenting impacts of poetry and recreation in care settings	2
Italian adolescents’ perception of tele-psychodrama treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Re-activating life skills in cancer patients through expressive-creative workshops: A qualitative exploratory study	2
The Black Saturday bushfire disaster: found poetry for arts-based knowledge translation in disaster risk and climate change communication	2
Impact of creative dance on subjective well-being amongst older adults: an arts-informed photo-elicitation study	2
Inside the waiting room: process drama and dramatic distancing for involving children in research on dental anxiety	2
Resourcing the arts for youth well-being: challenges in Aotearoa New Zealand	2
Experiences of acquired brain injury survivors participating in online and hybrid performance arts programmes: an ethnographic study	2
Poetry in youth mutual aid groups for recovery in rural and semi-urban environments	1
The complex nature of boundary work in arts and health: a reflective journey in a social design project	1
The psychometric properties of a novel task-based dance self-efficacy measure for older adult dance program participants	1
“Unplug to recharge”: accessing respite through song in a culturally and linguistically diverse perinatal context	1
Music and well-being in carceral settings: a scoping review	1
The state of arts and health in the Republic of Korea	1
The impact of arts-inclusive programs on young children’s mental health and wellbeing: a rapid review	1
The meaning of art in palliative care from the end users’ perspective	1
Art as relaxation for tic disorders: a pilot randomised control study	1
Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences	1
Using the performance arts to address a “methods gap” in dementia research	1
Exploring the potential of creative museum-led activities to support stroke In-patient rehabilitation and wellbeing: A pilot mixed-methods study	1