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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the systematic review

From: The clinical and cost effectiveness of group art therapy for people with non-psychotic mental health disorders: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

 

Included

Excluded

Population

Non-psychotic clinical samples

People with psychosis

Healthy samples

Intervention

aGroup art therapy as might be delivered in the NHS

Other “arts therapies” including drama; music; and dance

Play therapy

Comparator

Any including: interventions including an RCT containing art therapy; treatment as usual; waiting list; attention placebo; or other psychological therapy

None

Outcomes

Primary: treatment effectiveness; response as determined by changes in mental health rating scales;

Outcomes focussed on interpretation of the art work itself, not the participant

Secondary: Related clinical or quality of life outcomes

Studies

Randomised controlled trials

Non-randomised controlled studies

  1. aWhilst the full health technology assessment (Uttley et al., in press) included studies of both individual and group art therapy, only studies of group art therapy are included in this paper