Delfa-Lobato, LaiaFeliu, Maria, 1980-Cañete-Massé, CristinaRuiz-Torras, SilviaGuàrdia-Olmos, Joan, 1958-2023-06-302023-06-302023-06-262227-9032https://hdl.handle.net/2445/200167Background: Museums and cultural institutions are increasingly aware of both the interests and needs of society. Accordingly, these institutions are becoming allies in terms of health and well-being due to the importance of their social functions. Presently, many institutions create cultural activities aimed at cognitively impaired people, a group on the rise owing to the prevalence of dementia and the aging of society. Nevertheless, scientific evidence in this field remains scarce. As a result, the main objective of this research was to empirically evaluate and identify the benefits that cultural interventions can bring to cognitively impaired participants. Method: A meta-analysis (MA) was performed following PRISMA guidelines. When inclusion and eligibility criteria had been established, articles were subsequently selected through a strategic search of Web of Science, SCOPUS, PubMed, and Medline. Results: Twenty-six studies met the eligibility criteria, involving a total of 1201 participants with cognitive impairment. The results showed a statistically non-significant effect size when analyzing these cultural interventions for cognitively impaired people overall. However, when conducting partial meta-analyses (MA'), focusing on studies related to a specific disease, a particular type of treatment, or a specific type of evaluation, the results concurred with the conclusion of the previous systematic review (SR). Conclusion: Despite the high heterogeneity of the studies, benefits were identified in emotional well-being and social aspects but not in clinical ones such as the deterioration of cognitive or motor function, among others.24 p.application/pdfengcc-by (c) Delfa-Lobato, Laia et al., 2023https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Animació socioculturalTrastorns de la cognicióMalaltia d'AlzheimerDemènciaTeràpia artísticaMetaanàlisiCultural animationCognition disordersAlzheimer's diseaseDementiaArt therapyMeta-analysisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7364252023-06-30info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess