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Healing Stitches A Scoping Review on the Impact of Needlecraft on Mental Health and Well-Being2.36 MB
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Journal article
Healing Stitches: A Scoping Review on the Impact of Needlecraft on Mental Health and Well-Being
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Vol.45(10), pp.1097-1110
2024
PMID: 39008815
Abstract
Encompassing many crafts, needlecraft has been popular, particularly amongst women, for centuries. This scoping review mapped and explored primary research on sewing, crocheting, knitting, lacemaking, embroidery and quilting and its impact on mental health and well-being. A comprehensive systematic search across PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and Google Scholar was conducted in January 2024, identifying 25 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Four themes (and 15 subthemes) emerged from the data: (1) mental well-being; (2) social connection, sense of value and belonging; (3) sense of purpose, achievement and satisfaction; and (4) self-identity, family, culture and legacy. The review showed that needlecraft has an overwhelmingly positive effect on mental health and general well-being. This scoping review may be used to inform mental health nurses and other professionals of the benefits of needlecraft for a wide variety of consumers and may also find application in the well-being of healthcare workers.
Details
- Title
- Healing Stitches: A Scoping Review on the Impact of Needlecraft on Mental Health and Well-Being
- Authors
- Danielle Le Lagadec (Corresponding Author) - Central Queensland UniversityRachel Kornhaber - Charles Sturt UniversityColleen Johnston-Devin - Central Queensland UniversityMichelle Cleary - Central Queensland University
- Publication details
- Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Vol.45(10), pp.1097-1110
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1080/01612840.2024.2364228
- ISSN
- 1096-4673; 0161-2840
- PMID
- 39008815
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991148237902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web Of Science research areas
- Nursing
- Psychiatry