Evaluation research carried out in association with Anglia Ruskin University and the London School of Economics which found that Arts on Prescription resulted in positive outcomes for 78% of participants in terms of self-reported improvement in levels of social isolation, anxiety, depression and wellbeing and is cost effective when compared to other therapies:
- 61% reported a decrease in anxiety (GAD-7)
- 67% reported a decrease in depression (PHQ-9)
- 83% reported an increase in well-being over the course of the programme (WEMWBS).