A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients
Introduction Cancer and its treatment often impose physical and psychological consequences. Children with cancer are not only at a risk of adverse events resulting from medical procedures but also severe effects on their social and mental health as a result of its treatment. Depression being one o...
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Introduction
Cancer and its treatment often impose physical and psychological consequences. Children with cancer are not only at a risk of adverse events resulting from medical procedures but also severe effects on their social and mental health as a result of its treatment. Depression being one of the most common psychiatric disorders associated with cancer in children and adolescents. The current study aims to provide evidence of an easy and inexpensive intervention that can be used in oncology patients in a low resource setting to help maintain mental health stability in pedriatric patients..
Objectives
To examine the effectiveness of therapeutic group art therapy, in reducing depression scores in children with cancer.
Methods
The study is quasi experimental, through convinient sampling data of fifteen children in initial stage of thier treatment were selected. They were divided into two groups experimental and controlled through random allocation. Three sessions of forty minutes of group art therapy was given in experimental group, in control normal treatment was provided excluding group art therapy. Childhood Depression Scale (CDI) was used in both group as pre and post test to determine the depression level.
Results
The results shows a positive change in the level of depression in experimental group as compared to controlled group.
Conclusions
Group art therapy is an effective and inexpensive way of reducing depression level of paediatric leukemia patients that can be used by oncology healthcare centres worldwide with trained mental healthcare professionals in order to maintain positive treatment results of cancer.
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| spelling | doaj.art-17eeb113395040488238a37131320d9f2023-11-17T05:06:06ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S432S43210.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1153A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patientsA. Naveed0S. Masood1-, private, karachi, PakistanDepartment Of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan Introduction Cancer and its treatment often impose physical and psychological consequences. Children with cancer are not only at a risk of adverse events resulting from medical procedures but also severe effects on their social and mental health as a result of its treatment. Depression being one of the most common psychiatric disorders associated with cancer in children and adolescents. The current study aims to provide evidence of an easy and inexpensive intervention that can be used in oncology patients in a low resource setting to help maintain mental health stability in pedriatric patients.. Objectives To examine the effectiveness of therapeutic group art therapy, in reducing depression scores in children with cancer. Methods The study is quasi experimental, through convinient sampling data of fifteen children in initial stage of thier treatment were selected. They were divided into two groups experimental and controlled through random allocation. Three sessions of forty minutes of group art therapy was given in experimental group, in control normal treatment was provided excluding group art therapy. Childhood Depression Scale (CDI) was used in both group as pre and post test to determine the depression level. Results The results shows a positive change in the level of depression in experimental group as compared to controlled group. Conclusions Group art therapy is an effective and inexpensive way of reducing depression level of paediatric leukemia patients that can be used by oncology healthcare centres worldwide with trained mental healthcare professionals in order to maintain positive treatment results of cancer. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821011536/type/journal_articlegroup art therapyDepressionpediatric leukemia |
| spellingShingle | A. Naveed S. Masood A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients European Psychiatry group art therapy Depression pediatric leukemia |
| title | A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients |
| title_full | A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients |
| title_fullStr | A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients |
| title_short | A comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients |
| title_sort | comparison of group art therapy in decreasing the depression level of leukemia pediatric patients |
| topic | group art therapy Depression pediatric leukemia |
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