The Benefits of Nature for Mood and Cognition in Persons With and Without Parkinson's Disease
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 97
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Nature Connection Index
研究概览
简要总结
This online study aims to explore the benefits of nature for mood and cognition in persons with and without Parkinson's disease. For the purpose of this survey, "natural environment" refers to places that primarily consist of natural elements, such as vegetation, water bodies, and landscapes. This includes greenspaces (such as parks, gardens, neighborhood streets lined with trees, forests, or nature reserves) bluespaces (such as next to beaches, lakes, rivers, ponds, or waterfronts), and desert regions, among others.
详细描述
To participate in this online study, you will need an email address, and a smartphone or laptop/desktop with internet access. If you are eligible to participate, you will be sent a link to an online survey (Qualtrics). We will ask questions about demographic and health information, followed by questions about exercise habits, exposure to natural environments (including greenspaces and bluespaces, among others), and questionnaires assessing mood, motivation, cognition, sleep, stress, quality of life, and related functions. The survey should take roughly 20-25 minutes to complete. This is an observational study only, and not an interventional study.
Compensation: A $15 Amazon gift card will be offered to those who complete the survey all the way through with good effort.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40 Years 至 100 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •For persons with Parkinson's disease:
- •Participants must be at least 40 years old
- •Have a diagnosis of idiopathic PD
- •Be proficient English speakers
- •Have functional vision
- •Have internet access, and access to a smartphone/laptop/desktop
- •For persons without Parkinson's disease:
- •Participants must be healthy middle-aged and older adults, with no diagnosis of neurological/neurodegenerative conditions
- •Participants must be at least 40 years old
- •Be proficient English speakers
- •Have functional vision
- •Have internet access, and access to a smartphone/laptop/desktop
- •Exclusion Criteria (both groups):
- •Diagnosis of dementia
- •Poor vision (non-functional range)
- •Lack of access to internet or to a smartphone/ laptop/desktop computer.
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Nature Connection Index
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses the extent to which people feel connected to nature.
NIH NeuroQoL measures
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses health-related quality of life in adults with neurological disorders. Higher scores on the sub-scales indicate worse outcomes.
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D)
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses depressive symptoms in the general population. Maximum score:60. Higher scores indicate more severe depression.
Perceived Stress Scale
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses how different situations affect feelings and perception of stress. Maximum score: 40. Higher scores indicate higher perceived stress.
Parkinson's Anxiety Scale (PAS)
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses the severity of anxiety symptoms in persons with Parkinson's disease. Maximum score:48. Higher scores indicate more severe anxiety.
Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire - 8 (PDQ-8)
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses Parkinson's disease-specific health-related quality of life. Maximum Score: 32. Higher scores indicate worse quality of life.
Perceived Restorativeness Scale
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses the extent to which particular environments have restorative qualities. Higher scores indicate greater perceived restorativeness.
Parkinson's Disease Sleep Scale-2
时间窗: Baseline
Assesses sleep and nocturnal disturbances in Parkinson's disease. Maximum score: 60. Higher scores indicate more frequent sleep disturbances.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Alice Cronin-Golomb
Director, Vision and Cognition Laboratory
Boston University Charles River Campus