Journal of Clinical Nursing

Digital Creative Art Interventions on Health Promotion Among Older Adults: A Scoping Review

ABSTRACT

Background

Digital Creative Art Interventions (DCAIs) are innovative approaches to art interventions using digital technology, which can improve older adults' health. However, a comprehensive summary of the implementation of this intervention among older adults is lacking.

Aims

To summarise the deliveries and categories of DCAIs, review their feasibility and roles in older adults' healthcare, and explore the barriers and facilitators to implementing DCAIs in older adults.

Design

Scoping review.

Method

This scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's framework, and PRISMA-ScR was used to guide the report.

Data Sources

PubMed, Embase, EBSCOhost, Web of Science and Cochrane Library on 26 February 2024.

Results

Thirty-one studies were selected in this review. We summarised the deliveries and categories of DCAIs in older adults. Besides, we cleared DCAIs to offer music, dance, museum, photo collage, drama, visual art interaction and mixed art intervention to older adults, primarily through videoconferencing or mobile applications. The five health promotion roles were physiological health enhancer, psychological caregiver, socialisation supporter, cognitive promoter and life optimiser. Most older adults believed DCAIs were not only feasible and acceptable, but they also met some barriers such as technological problems, problems brought about by older adults' decline in functioning, experience and privacy.

Conclusion

Despite the unique advantages of DCAIs, continuous improvements are needed. In the future, researchers and healthcare workers should focus on platform improvements, increasing interactivity, diversifying formats and ensuring security and privacy.

Impact

This review found that DCAIs offered new approaches to treatment options for older adults' physical and mental health. Therefore, it is recommended that they be continuously optimised and put into clinical practice.

Patient or Public Contribution

No patient or public contribution.

Contribute

This study summarised the DCAIs and provides the new approach for health promotion in older adults.

Trial Registration

OSF (https://osf.io/m62x9/, registration DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4ZGE6)