title: Patient perceptions of a 1-h art-making experience during blood and marrow transplant treatment.
abstract: Patients with various forms of cancer receiving blood and marrow transplant (BMT) treatment at an outpatient clinic develop chemotherapy-related symptoms and an increased desire to use complementary and alternative medicine in order to address these symptoms. Art-making offers an inexpensive way to pass time and relieve symptoms during long hours in treatment. Twenty-one BMT patients painted a tile and participated in research. Researchers used semi-structured interviews to understand patients' experiences with art-making. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and coded independently by researchers who met to agree on themes. Ten themes emerged from the data including, meaningful activity (32.2%), expression (18.7%), passing time (13.2%), BMT process (12.1%), social outlet (8.1%), therapy-related symptoms (7.3%), negative aspects of painting (5.9%) and encouragement to paint (2.6%). The results of this study revealed that art-making experience can provide patients a meaningful activity during treatment and an outlet to express their feelings.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mische Lawson
authors.affiliation: Brookdale Senior Living, Wichita, KS, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cline
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: French
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ismael
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001155:Art Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: art therapy; complimentary therapies; occupational therapy; oncology; qualitative research; recreational therapy