Creative arts intervention to reduce burnout and decrease psychological distress in healthcare professionals: A qualitative analysis
Arts in Psychotherapy
; 83 (no pagination), 2023.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2304861
ABSTRACT
Creative arts therapy (CAT) can potentially mitigate the unprecedented levels of healthcare professional (HCP) burnout that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, empirical evidence about the impact of CAT programs is lacking. We conducted focus groups with HCPs (N = 20) who participated in a 12-week CAT clinical trial to enhance the understanding of the effectiveness of the intervention. For HCPs experiencing burnout and psychological distress, our CAT program supported healing and resiliency through building a sense of community. Participants reported that several programmatic components contributed to this sense of community including 1) diversity of participants' disciplines, roles, and geographic locations;2) physical separation between the conduct of the CAT program and their primary place of employment;3) facilitator skill;4) collectively contributing to a group project;and 5) being pushed out of their "comfort zone" through the creative activity. Although participants described the particular need for the CAT program in light of additional stressors induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, they believed that this program would have been beneficial pre-pandemic and in the future. To build long-term resiliency, participants suggested that CAT interventions should continue after the 12-week program.Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
Burnout; Community building; Creative arts therapy; Healthcare worker burnout; Wellness; adult; art; art therapy; article; clinical article; community; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; dance therapy; distress syndrome/th [Therapy]; female; healing; health care personnel; human; male; movement (physiology); music; nurse; physician; psychological resilience; qualitative analysis; randomized controlled trial; safety; social worker; urban hospital; vulnerability; writing
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Qualitative research
Language:
English
Journal:
Arts in Psychotherapy
Year:
2023
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