General Population
Conditions
Brief summary
In recent years, nature and forest therapy has increasingly become the focus of medical research. Recent scientific findings indicate overall positive effects of nature and forest therapy on physical and mental health. In Asia and Australia, it has already been implemented as a public health concept of prevention and health promotion. The aim of the project is to replicate the experience gained in Asia over the last three decades on the physical and psychological effects of nature/forest therapy in the context of the German forest and to investigate it further scientifically.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTwo days forest therapy
Participants attend two days (with a break day in between) of two-hour forest therapy at the Friedrichsruh, Barntrup or Wernigerode sites, led by an INFTA-certified forest therapy guide.
BEHAVIORALThree days forest therapy
Participants attend three days of two-hour forest therapy at the Friedrichsruh, Barntrup or Wernigerode sites, led by an INFTA-certified forest therapy guide.
Sponsors
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Women and men aged 18 to 90 years. * Capacity to consent
Exclusion criteria
* Serious acute or chronic medical conditions * Immobility or limitation of mobility due to orthopedic, neurological or other medical causes * Participation in another study * Serious mental illness * Pregnancy and lactation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Profile of Mood States (POMS) | Change from baseline POMS score at 3 days | Assessing full scale, range 1-7, lower score meaning a better outcome |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Subjective Vitality Scale state (SVS-G state) | Change from baseline SVS-G score at 3 days | Assessing full scale, range 1-80, higher score meaning a better outcome |
| Complaint List (B-LR) | Change from baseline B-LR score at 3 days | Assessing full scale, range 1-50, lower score meaning a better outcome |
| Perceive Stress Questionaire (PSQ) | Change from baseline PSQ score at 3 days | Assessing full scale, range 1-40, lower score meaning a better outcome |
| Perceived Benefits of Nature Questionnaire (PBNQ) | Change from baseline PBNQ score at 3 days | Assessing full scale, range 1-7, lower score meaning a better outcome |
| PROMIS Scale v1.2 - Global Health | Change from baseline PROMIS score at 3 days | The scale ranges from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest level and 5 is the highest level. Higher scores reflect better functioning. |
| Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit Kurzskala (ASKU) | Change from baseline ASKU score at 3 days | Assessing full scale, the scale ranges from 1 to 5. Higher scores correspond to better outcomes. |
| State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) | Change from baseline STAI score at 3 days | Assessing state anxiety. The scale ranges from 1 to 8. Higher scores correspond to higher levels of anxiety (after recoding three inverted items). |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed