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A scoping review of research on the arts, aging, and quality of life

Findings
  • Evidence Summary
    Evidence Summary
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    Not reported
  • Year Published
    2015
  • Quality Rating
    5/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    USA (43); Australia (9); Not yet available (7); Sweden (5); UK (England) (5); Canada (4); Finland (4); Taiwan (3); UK (3); Greece (2); Hong Kong (2); Brazil (1); Japan (1); Norway (1); Singapore (1); Spain (1); Switzerland (1); Thailand (1); UK (Scotland) (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - South East Asia region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
  • Country focus
    USA (43); Australia (9); Not yet available (7); Sweden (5); UK (England) (5); Canada (4); Finland (4); Taiwan (3); UK (3); Greece (2); Hong Kong (2); Brazil (1); Japan (1); Norway (1); Singapore (1); Spain (1); Switzerland (1); Thailand (1); UK (Scotland) (1)
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    Individual
    Community
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Community and social services
    Other social services
    Culture and gender
    Arts
    Heritage
    Recreation
    Promotion of recreation
    Community/recreation programs
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
  • Social system topic(s)
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Fraser KD, O’Rourke HM, Wiens H, Lai J, Howell C, Brett-MacLean P. A scoping review of research on the arts, aging, and quality of life. The Gerontologist. 2015;55(4):719-729.
  • DOI
    4297

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