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Table 2 Summary of interventions

From: Art therapy-based interventions to address burnout and psychosocial distress in healthcare workers—a systematic review

Name of intervention (n = 27)

Who provided?

How provided?

How much?

Where?

Art Therapy (10)

Art Therapist (12)

Group 2–8 (9)

Single session < 2 h (3)

Hospital (4)

Art therapy – based groups (3)

Art Therapist with other (curator, mindfulness practitioner, psychologist, social worker) (4)

Group 9 – 12 (5)

Single session ≥ 2 h (5)

Academic institution (4)

Mandala making (3)

University faculty member (medicine or nursing) (2)

Group > 12 (6)

2 – 4 sessions (8)

Hospice (3)

Art-based debrief (2)

Psychologist / psychological therapist (2)

Individual (1)

5 – 8 sessions (6)

Art gallery (1)

Creative / Expressive Arts Therapy (2)

Nurse / CNS (2)

 

 > 8 sessions (4)

Retreat Centre (1)

Mindful-Compassion Art-Based Therapy (MCAT) (1)

Certified Zen-tangle Teachers (CZT®) (1)

   

Collaborative Art making (1)

    

Response Art (1)

    

Zentangle Art (1)

    

Visual journaling (1)

    

Arts-based resiliency curriculum (1)

    

Nurse-led intervention (1)

Not specified (4)

Not specified (6)

Not specified (1)

Not specified (14)