Application of the Gratitude Intervention in the Healthcare Field: Scoping Review
Zi Lin, Yuan Fang, Wei Xiao, Miya Yao, Li Chen · 2026
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Zi Lin, Yuan Fang, Wei Xiao, Miya Yao, and Li Chen review programs that use gratitude to help patients. Their review is from two thousand twenty-six, covering studies found up to January of two thousand twenty-five. Gratitude practice is cheap and simple, so clinics have begun to test it as an add-on to standard care.
Thirty-four studies were included. Half dealt with mental health or stress, while the rest split between chronic disease and cancer. Writing down grateful thoughts was the most common method, used in three quarters of studies. Saying thanks to others came second. Most programs ran online, in person, or both. Patients tended to improve in mood, quality of life, and social support, though methods varied widely.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zi Lin, Yuan Fang, Wei Xiao, Miya Yao, Li Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |