Introduction
The positive impact of art therapy on medical patients has been well established in the literature.
• Association between visual art creation and maintenance / reconstruction of a positive identify throughout cancer treatment
• Decreased need for narcotic medications and patient length of stay following participation in guided imagery sessions
Despite an abundance of research on art therapy, few studies have examined impact of in-hospital art intervention on overall patient satisfaction.
Objectives
• Examine impact of Art from the Heart (AFTH), an in-hospital art intervention program, on patient interpretation of overall care received during hospital stay—the ‘halo effect’.
• Assess temporal, institution-level patient satisfaction survey scores following establishment of AFH intervention programhttps://scholarworks.uvm.edu/comphp_gallery/1272/thumbnail.jp
