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The natural context of mental health: An exploration of the health-promoting effects of nature and daylight employing ecological momentary assessment

The natural context of mental health: An exploration of the health-promoting effects of nature and daylight employing ecological momentary assessment - The natural context of mental health

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON36947
Enrollment
60
Registered
2012-10-23
Start date
2012-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

mentaal welzijn (stress, zelf-regulatie, vitaliteit) mental health wellbeing

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for the healthy group are scoring a T-score (based on the non-patient norm) lower than 60 on the depression and anxiety subscales of the SCL-90-R, scoring lower than 14 on the BDI, and not having sought professional mental health support in the past three months. For the clinical group the criteria are scoring a T-score (based on the non-patient norm) higher than 60 on the depression or anxiety subscale of the SCL-90-R, or scoring higher than 14 on the BDI. Comorbidity is no problem.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: * Participation, or intended participation in the *emotionele veerkracht bij depressie* study, currently running at GGzE (also an experience sampling study). * Having sought professional mental help while not scoring a T-score (based on the non-patient norm) higher than 60 on the depression or anxiety subscale of the SCL-90-R, or scoring higher than 14 on the BDI. * Active psychoticism, indicated by T-score (based on the psychiatric patient norm) higher than 70 on the psychoticism scale of the SCL-90-R, * Suicidal ideation, indicated by a BDI score of 41 or higher, a score of 2 or higher on item 9 of the BDI, or a SCL-90-R depression T-score (psychiatric patient norm) over 70. * Scoring higher than 6 on the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The main research question is whether naturalness and amount of daylight in the environment can influence reported mood and whether naturalness and amount of daylight in the environment can influence number of self-control lapses.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)