Effects of Forest Therapy on Physical and Psychological Parameters in the General Population

General Population Clinical Trial

Official title:

Forest Therapy on Physical and Psychological Parameters in the General Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05338372
• Other study ID #: KWT1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 4, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 178
• Est. completion date: June 4, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 4, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• General Population

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Two 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.
• Three 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Charite University	Berlin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Profile of Mood States (POMS)	Assessing full scale, range 1-7, lower score meaning a better outcome	Change from baseline POMS score at 3 days
Secondary	Perceived Benefits of Nature Questionnaire (PBNQ)	Assessing full scale, range 1-7, lower score meaning a better outcome	Change from baseline PBNQ score at 3 days
Secondary	Subjective Vitality Scale state (SVS-G state)	Assessing full scale, range 1-80, higher score meaning a better outcome	Change from baseline SVS-G score at 3 days
Secondary	Complaint List (B-LR)	Assessing full scale, range 1-50, lower score meaning a better outcome	Change from baseline B-LR score at 3 days
Secondary	Perceive Stress Questionaire (PSQ)	Assessing full scale, range 1-40, lower score meaning a better outcome	Change from baseline PSQ score at 3 days
Secondary	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)	Assessing state anxiety. The scale ranges from 1 to 8. Higher scores correspond to higher levels of anxiety (after recoding three inverted items).	Change from baseline STAI score at 3 days
Secondary	PROMIS Scale v1.2 - Global Health	The scale ranges from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest level and 5 is the highest level. Higher scores reflect better functioning.	Change from baseline PROMIS score at 3 days
Secondary	Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit Kurzskala (ASKU)	Assessing full scale, the scale ranges from 1 to 5. Higher scores correspond to better outcomes.	Change from baseline ASKU score at 3 days