Table 3.

Observations and results.

Study name	Observation periods	Significant results
Arts activation for elderly	Pre and post 3months and 6months of intervention	Improved emotions, social activity and physiology in intervention group
Visual arts for elderly women	Pre and post interv (4months) and follow-up (+4months)	Improved emotions, social activity, and blood pressure in intervention group
Choir singing and IBS	Pre and post 6, 9, and 12months of interventions	First half-year marked testosterone increase, first year improved fibrinogen in choir group
Dance therapy for fibromyalgia	Pre and post interv (6months) and follow-up (+8months)	Improved mobility, less pain and more energy after dance therapy
Multiple arts for burnout	Pre and post interv (3months) and follow-up (+3months)	Improvement of alexithymia and burnout scores in interv group until follow-up
Weekly joy music against school stress	Pre (August), mid school year (December) and end (June)	Decrease in mid-day saliva cortisol in music gr but not in other groups
Art psychotherapy in psychosomatics	Every 4–6months during 2-year weekly therapy	Decreased anxiety, depression after 1year, increased energy, and uric acid post 6months
Art-based leadership training	Pre and post interv (12months) and follow-up (+6months)	After 18months improved mental health, DHEA-s in intervention subordinates