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Art viewing in healthcare: the 2025 scoping review

Research record PAH-004 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2025 · International

Findings, methods and sources

Healthcare artReviewContext / synthesis

Finding. The review mapped 68 publications: 35 peer-reviewed and 33 grey-literature items. It describes promising patient-experience findings alongside mixed and null results.

Limitation. No formal critical appraisal or pooled effect estimate. The 2026 correction reports 534 visitors, not 32, within 6,006 participants.

Foster MW, Sanhueza C, Bahr E, et al. The effects of viewing visual artwork on patients, staff, and visitors in healthcare settings: a scoping review. PLoS One. 2025;20(8):e0328215. Correction: PLoS One. 2026;21(4):e0347506.

Methods and verification

Verification level: Abstract checked

Design
Scoping review (JBI / PRISMA-ScR), no critical appraisal
Sample / scope
68 publications; 6,006 participants (3,133 patients, 1,343 staff, 534 visitors, 996 other/unspecified)
Setting
Corridors, entrances, waiting areas, inpatient rooms
Art form
Several or unspecified

Citation and abstract checked against PubMed Central, 29 September 2026; review and formal correction checked, 9 September 2026 · Verification source

Last full editorial audit: 2026-09-09 · Verification policy

Publications and overlap

These five records cite the same review. PAH-026 also cites a separate accessibility paper. The 2026 correction belongs to this review and is not a new study. The underlying studies included by the review have not been matched against every other record.

Linked records: PAH-005, PAH-006, PAH-007, PAH-026 · Publication

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Public Art & Health. Art viewing in healthcare: the 2025 scoping review. Research record PAH-004. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-004

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