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- Title
Effects of Mobile-Based Forest-Therapy Programs Using Urban Forests for Symptoms of Depressed Patients.
- Authors
Yeon, Poung-Sik; Kim, In-Ok; Kang, Si-Nae; Lee, Nee-Eun; Kim, Ga-Yeon; Shim, Ha-Rim; Chung, Chung-Yeub; Lee, Jung-Sok; Jeon, Jin-Young; Shin, Won-Sop
- Abstract
This study investigated the effect of mobile-based forest therapy programs on relieving depression to advance non-pharmaceutical treatments for patients with depression. The effects of depression, sleep quality, and physical symptoms were analyzed as measurement indicators to determine the effectiveness of symptom relief in patients with depression. This study used a randomized controlled experiment design. Participants were randomly assigned, and a total of 44 people participated, including 23 in the experimental group and 21 in the control group. The experimental group participated in a mobile-based forest therapy program (participating once a week) for six sessions. As a result of this study, depression patients who participated in the mobile-based forest therapy program conducted in urban forests showed a significant reduction in MADRS (from 21.48 ± 4.05 to 7.13 ± 7.00). In addition, PSQI (from 19.78 ± 7.69 to 14.48 ± 8.11) and PHQ-15 (from 9.87 ± 5.08 to 7.57 ± 5.03) were also found to significantly improve symptoms. This suggests that forest-therapy programs using mobile applications can be applied as non-pharmaceutical interventions to relieve symptoms in patients with depression.
- Subjects
SLEEP quality; WIRELESS communications; MOBILE apps; MOBILE hospitals; MEDICAL care; TREATMENT effectiveness; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; COMPARATIVE studies; CRONBACH'S alpha; QUALITY of life; MENTAL depression; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SCALE analysis (Psychology); RESEARCH funding; QUESTIONNAIRES; NATURE; METROPOLITAN areas; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; HEALTH promotion; TELEMEDICINE; EVALUATION
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2023, Vol 11, Issue 23, p3039
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare11233039