Public Art & Health

A response to the critique of arts-and-health evidence

Research record PAH-066 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2025 · International

Findings, methods and sources

Adjacent evidenceReviewContext / synthesis

Finding. Arts-and-health researchers respond to PAH-065, arguing for a more nuanced evaluation of current research on the health outcomes of arts-based interventions.

Limitation. Commentary rather than new data; like PAH-065, it concerns arts-based interventions broadly.

Karkou V, Sacco PL, Pelowski M, et al. Comment on ‘Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique’ by Skov and Nadal – a critique of the critique. Phys Life Rev. 2025;54:147–151.

Methods and verification

Verification level: Abstract or primary source checked

Design
Published commentary
Sample / scope
Not applicable
Setting
Arts-and-health research
Art form
Several or unspecified

Abstract or primary source checked, 28 September 2026 · Verification source

Editorial review: 2026-09-28 · 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.

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Public Art & Health. A response to the critique of arts-and-health evidence. Research record PAH-066. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-066

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