STUDY PROTOCOL article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psycho-Oncology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1570798
This article is part of the Research TopicInnovations in Psychological Care for Oncology and Palliative Settings: A Holistic ApproachView all articles
Effectiveness of Creative Arts Therapies/Expressive Arts Therapy for Psychosocial Outcomes in Adults with Oncological Disease: An Umbrella Review Protocol
Provisionally accepted
- 1Center of Evidence-Based Education and Arts Therapies: A JBI Affiliated Group, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechia
- 2Faculty of Education, Palacký University, Olomouc, Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia
- 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia
- 4Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech Republic: a JBI Centre of Excellence, Czech GRADE Network, Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia
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This umbrella review will evaluate the effectiveness of creative arts therapies (CAT) -encompassing art, drama, dance/movement, and music therapies-compared to standard non-creative treatments, in enhancing psychosocial outcomes for adults with oncological diseases. Using the JBI methodology for umbrella reviews, we will conduct systematic searches across MEDLINE, Open Dissertations, ProQuest Central, Epistemonikos, and PsycINFO databases, without restrictions on publication year or language. Eligible studies will include systematic reviews of quantitative evidence assessing CAT interventions' effects on psychosocial outcomes, such as depression, anxiety, and quality of life. Screening of studies, qualitative appraisal, data extraction, and data synthesis will be conducted by two independent reviewers. The quality of evidence will be evaluated using the GRADE approach. This protocol is registered with PROSPERO (ID: CRD42023410121).
Keywords: creative arts therapies 1, oncology2, Protocol3, umbrella review4, psychosocial outcomes5
Received: 04 Feb 2025; Accepted: 15 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Magdalena Svozilová, Center of Evidence-Based Education and Arts Therapies: A JBI Affiliated Group, Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechia
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