FOREST HEALTH: Pilot Project of Forest Bathing for Promoting Health, Human Wellbeing, and for Complementing Sustainable Management Forest and Landscape Practices
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability
- Sponsor
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
- Enrollment
- 28
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Systolic and diastolic blood pressure
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Ana Villarroya
Associate Professor
Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure
Time Frame: 1 minute
Heart coherence
Time Frame: 5 minutes
Using emWave Pro Plus device and software
Perceived quality of life and wellbeing
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- Physiological Equivalent Temperature(10 minutes)
- Barriers and facilitators(2 hours)
- Thermic perception(3 minutes)