Examining the Process and Outcomes of Horticultural Therapy for People With Severe Mental Illness, Intellectual, and Multiple Disabilities
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Perceived Benefits of Horticultural Therapy
研究概览
简要总结
Horticultural therapy (HT) "is the engagement of a client in horticulture activities facilitated by a trained therapist to achieve specific and documented treatment goals" (American Horticultural Therapy Association, 2012). People's interactions with plants, through goal-orientated horticultural activities in the form of active gardening, as well as the passive appreciation of nature, could be therapeutic to people with mental or intellectual disabilities in many ways (Eling, 2006; Parkinson, Lowe, & Vecsey, 2011). This study aims to conduct evaluation studies of HT group programmes for care home residents with severe mental illness.
详细描述
This is a randomized, single-blind, controlled study in which the outcomes of the horticultural therapy program is compared with a comparison group. Outcome measures were compared at Pre-intervention and post-intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
The outcome assessors have no knowledge of whether the participants are in the treatment of control groups. They distribute and collect questionnaires from participants, and gave observation rating on the participants in both group.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •diagnosis of severe mental disorder, e.g. schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder.
- •care home resident
排除标准
- •organic brain disorder
- •difficulties in communication for joining horticultural activity.
研究组 & 干预措施
Treatment
Participants joined a 8-session horticultural therapy group program (60 minutes per session) over 8 weeks.
干预措施: Horticultural therapy (Behavioral)
Comparison
Participants joined 4 sessions of individual, parallel, and table-top activities of their own interest, e.g. reading, drawing, coloring.
干预措施: Comparison (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Perceived Benefits of Horticultural Therapy
时间窗: Pre-test, Postest (8 weeks from pre-test), Change from Pretest to Posttest is assessed
This is a opinion survey developed by the clinical setting to collect participants' attitude toward horticultural therapy. It has 7 items and participants are asked to respond using a five-point scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". The average score ranges from 1 to 5, and a higher score indicates that the participant perceived the benefits of horticulture therapy as higher.
Change in Mental Well-being
时间窗: Pre-test, Postest (8 weeks from pre-test), Change from Pretest to Posttest is assessed
Chinese Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (C-SWEMWBS). The C-SWEMWBS uses a five-point Likert scale. The average scores for the scale ranges between 1 and 5, and a higher score indicates better mental well-being.
Change in Engagement in Meaningful Activity Scale (EMAS)
时间窗: Pre-test, Postest (8 weeks from pre-test), Change from Pretest to Posttest is assessed
Engagement in Meaningful Activity Scale (EMAS). The EMAS has 12 items measured on a four-point Likert scale. The average score for the scale is 1- 4 and a higher score indicates higher engagement.
次要结局
未报告次要终点