Public Art & Health

The gap in evidence specific to hospital sculpture

Research record PAH-007 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2025 · International

Findings, methods and sources

Healthcare artResearch gapContext / synthesis

Finding. The reviewed literature does not establish a causal health effect for permanent hospital sculpture isolated from its surroundings.

Limitation. This is a bounded conclusion about the material reviewed, not a claim that no sculpture research exists anywhere. See PAH-050 and PAH-055.

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

Methods and verification

Verification level: Full text assessed

Design
Absence identified across the located review literature
Sample / scope
Not applicable
Setting
All
Art form
Sculpture

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-006, PAH-026 · Publication

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Public Art & Health. The gap in evidence specific to hospital sculpture. Research record PAH-007. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-007

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