Effects of parent-child painting and creative crafting therapy on preschool children with autism spectrum disorder and their mothers: a prospective randomized controlled trial / 中国当代儿科杂志

OBJECTIVES@#To study the effects of parent-child painting and creative crafting therapy on the core symptoms of preschool children with mild-to-moderate autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the parenting stress and hope level of their mothers.@*METHODS@#A total of 56 preschool children with mild-to-moderate ASD and their mothers were divided into an experimental group and a control group using the block randomization method, with 28 pairs in each group. The subjects in the control group received an applied behavior analytic intervention and those in the experimental group received parent-child painting and creative crafting therapy in addition to the intervention in the control group. The intervention time was 20 weeks for both groups. Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), and Herth Hope Index (HHI) were used to evaluate the core symptoms of children and the parenting stress and hope level of their mothers before and after 20 weeks of intervention.@*RESULTS@#Forty-nine child-mother pairs completed the study (25 pairs in the intervention group and 24 pairs in the control group). The children in the experimental group had significantly lower scores of social interaction, language, social communication, and social motivation and total scores of ABC and SRS compared with those in the control group (@*CONCLUSIONS@#The combination of applied behavior analytic intervention with parent-child painting and creative crafting therapy can more effectively improve the core symptoms and social interaction of preschool children with mild-to-moderate ASD, reduce the parenting stress of mothers and improve their hope level.

Effects of painting therapy on chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting in patients with breast cancer / 中华护理杂志

Objective To observe the clinical effects of painting therapy on nausea,vomiting and anxiety induced by chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.Methods This study used convenience sampling and before-and-after self-controlled design,and enrolled 200 patients with breast cancer undergoing EC (Epirubicin+Cyclophosphamide)chemotherapy regimen.All patients were given painting therapy on the first day of the second chemotherapy.Functional living index-emesis(FLIE) and self-rating anxiety scale(SAS) were used to compare the effects before and after intervention,and measured after the first chemotherapy and after implementation of painting therapy.Results The scores of FLIE were significantly different before and after implementation of painting therapy(P＜0.05);scores in SAS for patients' subjective feelings(nervous,panic,headache,upset),and objective symptoms(hands trembling,numbness,indigestion)were significantly lower after intervention than those before intervention,and the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion Painting therapy can alleviate chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients effectively.