[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-447673-105":59,"doc-detail-447673-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","arts-and-creativity-and-its-impact-on-older-peoples-health-and-wellbeing-commentary-on-a-systematic-review","Arts and creativity and its impact on older people’s health and wellbeing - commentary on a systematic review","","Arts and creativity interventions are increasingly highlighted as part of healthy ageing strategies, with attention from governments, health professionals, artists, and communities. This commentary examines evidence on group-based arts and creativity participation and its associations with physical and psychosocial outcomes in older adults (50+). The underlying review used PRISMA-guided synthesis, registered protocols in PROSPERO, and defined inclusion across a 2013–2020 evidence window, assessing studies with MMAT. The discussion frames implications for preventative policy and practice supporting wellbeing and cognitive health.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":35,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/healthcare/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/arts-and-creativity-and-its-impact-on-older-peoples-health-and-wellbeing-commentary-on-a-systematic-review/447673/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/arts-and-creativity-and-its-impact-on-older-peoples-health-and-wellbeing-commentary-on-a-systematic-review/447673.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"MrHarris58","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-04","2026-09-29",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":39},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the purpose of this commentary?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It critiques and considers a systematic review’s results on group-based arts and creativity interventions for older adults, highlighting insights for preventative policy and practice.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How did the underlying review synthesise evidence?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It followed PRISMA guidance, used a predefined search strategy, checked multiple databases, and included English-language empirical studies focused on adults aged 50 and above.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What types of outcomes are addressed?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The focus is on physical and psychosocial health and wellbeing outcomes, including evidence related to cognitive decline, physical health, and mental wellbeing for older people.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},447673,1790984786,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":34,"category_name":35,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145,"preview_page_count":4},687212988360,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","Europe PMC unders uthManuscripts Europe M eC und Author Manuscripts  \n| Europe PMC Funders Group\u003Cbr>Author Manuscript\u003Cbr>Pract Nurs. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2026 January 06. |\n| --- |\n| Published in final edited form as:\u003Cbr>Pract Nurs. 2025 March 2; 36(3): 98–103. doi:10.12968/pnur.2024.0032 .\u003Cbr>Arts and creativity and its impact on older people’s health and wellbeing: commentary on a systematic review\u003Cbr>EJ Sowerby\u003Cbr>Queen’s Square Medical Practice, Lancaster, UK\u003Cbr>A Doherty, J Harrison\u003Cbr>University of Lancashire\u003Cbr>Introduction\u003Cbr>Globally, many industrialised nations have an ageing population. By the middle of the twenty-first century, those aged 65 years and over are predicted to comprise 16% of the global population (World Health Organisation, 2024) . As we age, we may experience a range of risk factors which might adversely impact on our health, wellbeing, and quality of life (Davies et al., 2023; World Health Organisation, 2024) . For example, loneliness in older age can be associated with mental ill-health, high blood pressure and heart disease (Guthmuller, 2023) . Chronic diseases are also more prevalent in an ageing population (Prince et al., 2015) . Alzheimer’s Disease is one of the most common degenerative diseases associated with ageing, affecting over 50 million people worldwide (Alzheimer’s Statistics, 2024). Alzheimer’s Disease is the main cause of dementia, accounting for 60% to 80% of cases (Alzheimer’s Association, 2024). Dementia involves the gradual accumulation of cognitive deficits leading to Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), which affects 15.5% of people above the age of 50 worldwide (Bai et al., 2022) . Cognitive decline can affect the overall health and well-being of older adults (Salthouse, 2019) . The higher disease burden and related costs associated with an increasingly ageing population place pressures on the healthcare systems worldwide (Kehler, 2019) . Globally, effective interventions to improve and sustain the health and well-being of ageing populations are urgently needed (Keisari et al., 2024). Thus, there is a call for global action on healthy ageing, especially for sustainable person-centred interventions that are focused on prevention (rather than illness) (World Health Organisation, 2024; Davies et al. 2023) .\u003Cbr>Engagement in arts and creativity related interventions is receiving attention from governments, industry, philanthropists, policy makers, health professionals, artists, and the general community as part of a healthy ageing strategy (Davies et al. 2023) . The World Health Organisation has signified the importance that arts, music and culture can have in\u003Cbr>This work is licensed under a BY 4.0 International license.\u003Cbr>Further information\u003Cbr>[https://www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/policy-research/wellbeing-research/index-of-wellbeing/](https://www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/policy-research/wellbeing-research/index-of-wellbeing/)\u003Cbr>[https://ncch.org.uk/creative-health-review](https://ncch.org.uk/creative-health-review)\u003Cbr>[https://creativehealthtoolkit org uk/creative-health-systems](https://creativehealthtoolkit org uk/creative-health-systems) |\n\nEurope PMC unders uthManuscripts Europe M eC und Author Manuscripts  \nSowerby et al. Page 2  \npromoting health and wellbeing (World Health Organisation, 2011; Fancourt & Finn, 2019) . An all-parliamentary UK enquiry suggested that arts and creative interventions may keep people well and support `longer lives that are better lived’(All-Party Parliamentary Group, 2017; Gordon-Nesbitt & Howarth, 2020) . Such interventions are thought to delay cognitive decline and improve physical and mental health and wellbeing outcomes for older people  \n– including those with mild cognitive impairment (Fong et al., 2021; Lin et al., 2022) and depression (Zhao et al., 2016) .  \nAim of commentary  \nThe review conducted by McQuade and O’Sullivan (2023) aimed to examine the impact of participation in group-based arts and creativity interventions o","cbCainy9zDMVkE6l","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainy9zDMVkE6l","pdf",63749,11,"English","# Introduction\n## Aim of commentary\n## Methods used by McQuade and O’Sullivan (2023)\n## Results of McQuade and O’Sullivan (2023)\n# Commentary","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this commentary?\",\"answer\":\"It critiques and considers a systematic review’s results on group-based arts and creativity interventions for older adults, highlighting insights for preventative policy and practice.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the underlying review synthesise evidence?\",\"answer\":\"It followed PRISMA guidance, used a predefined search strategy, checked multiple databases, and included English-language empirical studies focused on adults aged 50 and above.\"},{\"question\":\"What types of outcomes are addressed?\",\"answer\":\"The focus is on physical and psychosocial health and wellbeing outcomes, including evidence related to cognitive decline, physical health, and mental wellbeing for older people.\"}]","Arts and creativity and its impact on older people’s health and wellbeing - commentary on a systematic review | PDF",1790722156,28]