Effects of Urban Afforestation Activity on Mental Health

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Positive Effects of an Urban Afforestation Activity on the Mental Health of Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05362552
• Other study ID #: AfforestAffect
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 9, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 20, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Universidad de Granada
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This single-group pretest-posttest clinical trial aims to evaluate the effects of a single-session afforestation activity on affect and vitality levels in a sample of young adults.

Description:

The participants will perform an afforestation activity for a single session of 90 minutes. The therapists will direct the participants' attention to the visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile features of the surrounding environment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 152
• Est. completion date: May 20, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 20, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults between 18 and 65 years.

• Any sex and gender.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Intake of any psychotropic medication.

• Other severe or medically unstable diseases that may interfere with participation.

• Severe cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination score < 17 out of 30 points).

• Severe mental disorders in the acute phase or symptomatic phase.

• Severe intellectual disability.

• Behavioural alterations as this may interfere with their participation.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Other:
• Urban Afforestation Program
An afforestation program based on land cultivation and transplantation of several plants for 90 minutes will be implemented.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University of Granada, Faculty of Health Sciences	Granada

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Granada

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Affect	The Spanish adaptation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule will be utilised. Participants rate how they feel at the present moment on a five-point Likert scale, where "not at all or very slightly" is scored as 1 and "a lot" as 5. Scores of two 10-item subscales will be analysed separately in the analysis, labelled either as Positive Affect or Negative Affect. Higher scores in the Positive Affect subscale represent higher levels of positive affect and lower scores in the Negative Affect subscale represent lower levels of negative affect.	Change from baseline affect after 90 minutes.
Primary	Subjective Vitality	The 6-item Spanish adaptation of the Subjective Vitality Scale will be utilised. Participants will transmit their levels of energy and aliveness at the present moment by rating the items on a seven-point Likert scale where 1 stands for "Not true at all" and 7 "Very true". The scores for each item will be summed up for statistical analyses. Higher scores indicate higher levels of energy and aliveness feeling.	Change from baseline subjective vitality after 90 minutes.