Cultural participation and health: A randomized controlled trial among medical care staff

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-473

  Bygren, Lars Olov ^a,b   Weissglas, Gösta ^c   Wikström, Britt Maj ^a   Konlaan, Boinkum Benson ^b,f   Grjibovski, Andrej ^d   Karlsson, Ann Brith ^b   Andersson, Sven Olof ^e   Sjöström, Michael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (Sweden)

^c Umå University   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Art; Choral singing; Cultural participation; Environmental enrichment; Film; Music

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FILM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SHORT FORM 36; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ART; CULTURE; DRAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; MUSIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALIVA; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 67049119231     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31819e47d4     Document Type: Article

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