Pilot Project of Forest Bathing for Promoting Health

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Intellectual Disability
• Interventions: Other: Forest bathing

• Registration Number: NCT05472571
• Lead Sponsor: Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra

Brief Summary

An exploratory trial using a cuasi-experimental design aimed to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. The intervention consists of 11 consecutive sessions of forest bathing (one session per week), each one lasting about 2 hours. Each session involves an easy walk through a forest area, interspersed with non-intrusive activities of contact with the surrounding nature aimed at fostering mindfulness and the use of the five senses. Data were collected at baseline, post intervention, and 7 months of follow-up.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-07-31
• Study Completion: 2022-03-15
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-25
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults with intellectual disability enrolled in a specific occupational center.
• Being informed about the study and having signed the informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

• Having stated their not willing to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Forest bathing	Forest bathing	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure	1 minute
Heart coherence	5 minutes	Using emWave Pro Plus device and software
Perceived quality of life and wellbeing	30 minutes	Using INICO-FEAPS questionnaire (Verdugo Alonso et al., 2013): Scale for the Integral Evaluation of the Quality of Life of people with intellectual or developmental disability, developed by the University Institute for Community Integration (INICO) and the Spanish Confederation of Organizations for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disability (FEAPS).; It is a self-report tool that consists of 72 four-point Likert-type items divided among 8 dimensions: self-determination, rights, emotional wellbeing, social inclusion, personal development, interpersonal relationships, material well-being, and physical well-being. Each dimension is composed of nine items. Each subscale score is calculated by summing up the score for each of the nine items, and a total score is then calculated by summing up the scale scores. Higher scores are associated to better quality of life.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physiological Equivalent Temperature	10 minutes	Following Höppe (1999) procedure
Barriers and facilitators	2 hours	Field diary
Thermic perception	3 minutes	Using questionnaire published in previous studies (Teli et al., 2012; Trebilcock et al., 2017), that includes 3 items to assess thermal sensation vote (TMV) (7-point Likert scale), one item to assess thermal preference vote (TPV) (3-point scale), one item to assess the feeling of comfort (closed-answer), one item to get clothing information (closed-answer), and one item to evaluate the feeling of tiredness (3-point scale). The answers to these questions put the PET value (outcome 4) into context and help interpret it.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad de Navarra; 🇪🇸 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain