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Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients
Depression is considered a widespread mental health problem worldwide. Moreover, anxiety symptoms are very closely related to depression in patients, and it is known that the coexistence rate of depression and anxiety diagnosed simultaneously is high. Treatment and preventive management of depressio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893840 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202766 |
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author | Yeon, Poung-Sik Kang, Si-Nae Lee, Nee-Eun Kim, In-Ok Min, Gyeong-Min Kim, Ga-Yeon Kim, Jin-Gun Shin, Won-Sop |
author_facet | Yeon, Poung-Sik Kang, Si-Nae Lee, Nee-Eun Kim, In-Ok Min, Gyeong-Min Kim, Ga-Yeon Kim, Jin-Gun Shin, Won-Sop |
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description | Depression is considered a widespread mental health problem worldwide. Moreover, anxiety symptoms are very closely related to depression in patients, and it is known that the coexistence rate of depression and anxiety diagnosed simultaneously is high. Treatment and preventive management of depression and anxiety are essential for public health. Forest healing is attracting attention as a form of low-cost preventive medicine that is safe and has no side effects. However, although the physiological and psychological effects have been scientifically proven, it is insufficient to reveal a direct relationship between forest healing and depression. This study investigated the benefits of an urban forest healing program on depression and anxiety symptoms in depressive disorders. We employed a randomized controlled trial design. Forty-seven depressive patients were randomly divided into an urban forest healing program group and a control group. Measures included the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS), the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaires. Our results revealed that the combination of general treatment and forest healing programs for patients with depression is more effective in improving depression and anxiety than routine treatment alone. We expect our work to serve as a starting point for more sophisticated research discussing the availability of non-pharmacological treatments in forest healing. |
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spelling | pubmed-106064142023-10-28 Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients Yeon, Poung-Sik Kang, Si-Nae Lee, Nee-Eun Kim, In-Ok Min, Gyeong-Min Kim, Ga-Yeon Kim, Jin-Gun Shin, Won-Sop Healthcare (Basel) Article Depression is considered a widespread mental health problem worldwide. Moreover, anxiety symptoms are very closely related to depression in patients, and it is known that the coexistence rate of depression and anxiety diagnosed simultaneously is high. Treatment and preventive management of depression and anxiety are essential for public health. Forest healing is attracting attention as a form of low-cost preventive medicine that is safe and has no side effects. However, although the physiological and psychological effects have been scientifically proven, it is insufficient to reveal a direct relationship between forest healing and depression. This study investigated the benefits of an urban forest healing program on depression and anxiety symptoms in depressive disorders. We employed a randomized controlled trial design. Forty-seven depressive patients were randomly divided into an urban forest healing program group and a control group. Measures included the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS), the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaires. Our results revealed that the combination of general treatment and forest healing programs for patients with depression is more effective in improving depression and anxiety than routine treatment alone. We expect our work to serve as a starting point for more sophisticated research discussing the availability of non-pharmacological treatments in forest healing. MDPI 2023-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10606414/ /pubmed/37893840 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202766 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Yeon, Poung-Sik Kang, Si-Nae Lee, Nee-Eun Kim, In-Ok Min, Gyeong-Min Kim, Ga-Yeon Kim, Jin-Gun Shin, Won-Sop Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients |
title | Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients |
title_full | Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients |
title_fullStr | Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients |
title_short | Benefits of Urban Forest Healing Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Depressive Patients |
title_sort | benefits of urban forest healing program on depression and anxiety symptoms in depressive patients |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37893840 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202766 |
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