Public Art & Health

Null and negative findings need equal visibility

Research record PAH-006 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2025 · International

Findings, methods and sources

Healthcare artResearch gapIncludes null findingsIncludes unfavourable findings

Finding. The healthcare review includes reports of no detectable benefit and some less favourable responses to visual-art interventions.

Limitation. Lack of reported adverse clinical events does not establish universal safety. Proposed explanations such as siting and consultation remain hypotheses.

Foster MW, Sanhueza C, Bahr E, et al. PLoS One. 2025;20(8):e0328215.

Methods and verification

Verification level: Full text assessed

Design
Null and negative findings reported within a scoping review
Sample / scope
Nine articles reporting null findings; six reporting some negative effect
Setting
Various
Art form
Several or unspecified

Checked against the full text of the 2025 scoping review in PubMed Central, 29 September 2026

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-004, PAH-005, PAH-007, PAH-026 · Publication

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Public Art & Health. Null and negative findings need equal visibility. Research record PAH-006. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-006

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