Findings, methods and sources
Adjacent evidenceRandomised trialMixed findingsIncludes null findings
Finding. A randomised study of 80 patients reported benefits for hope, anxiety and mental wellbeing after gallery visits; pain did not significantly differ.
Limitation. Receptive art viewing, but visits also involve movement, attention and a change of setting. This is not an isolated sculpture study.
Methods and verification
Verification level: Abstract checked
Structured summary
- Population
- Patients undergoing major oncologic surgery at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York
- Sample
- 80 patients randomised to two arms
- Intervention
- Exposure to a dedicated in-house art gallery during the perioperative period (the hospital describes 15-minute daily visits)
- Comparator
- Standard of care
- Outcome measures
- Pain Rating Scale; Herth Hope Index; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale
- Timing
- Post-study questionnaires; exact time points not yet extracted from the full text
- Result
- Hope +2.4 vs +0.05 points (P = 0.004); anxiety −8 vs −0.9 points (P < 0.0001); mental wellbeing +5.23 vs −0.05 points (P < 0.0001); no significant difference in pain
- Uncertainty
- P values reported; confidence intervals not given in the abstract; single centre; visits combine art viewing with movement and a change of setting
- Design
- Randomised controlled trial, single centre
- Sample / scope
- 80 patients
- Setting
- Post-surgical inpatient care
- Art form
- Art collections
Citation and abstract results checked against PubMed and the publisher’s abstract, 29 September 2026
Last full editorial audit: 2026-09-09 · Verification policy
Publications and overlap
No confirmed shared-publication match is recorded for this entry in Edition 4.11. Source-by-source and participant-level reconciliation is incomplete; this does not establish an independent study.