Nacadia Effect Study - Studying the Effect of Garden Therapy in Relations to People Suffering From Stress
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 84
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Patient-related outcomes - quality of life
研究概览
简要总结
This research project deals with stress treatment in the form of garden therapy in the therapy garden Nacadia. The therapy Garden Nacadia has an evidence-based design that is specially designed for the treatment of stressed people.
Nacadia-therapy can be described as a process in which the patient's health and well-being is assumed to enhance by the presence of the natural environment and through participating in meaningful gardening activities.
NEST concerns research on the effect of Nacadia-therapy. The study consists of randomized and longitudinal studies of the effects of Nacadia-therapy compared to acknowledged cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
The outcome measures for example consist of: ability to return to work, health care use, psychological measurements related to stress, health, quality of life and changes in medication use. Further, exploratory studies of the garden therapy in the form of observations and interviews will be performed, to get a better understanding of the garden and the garden activities' importance for the therapeutic purposes.
Hypothesis:
- garden therapy, in a designed natural environment, will lead to improved health and well-being for people who are off sick with stress-related disorders
详细描述
In order to strengthen the project's quality as evidence-based research, the intervention is designed as a randomized controlled trial comparing two treatments on repeated measurements of the same variables over a period of time.
The treatment options in this study is Nacadia-therapy (garden therapy) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT - control group). Because the Nacadia-therapy uses a large number of hours, it has been decided to compare it with the longest conventional treatment that can be offered through the public health insurance of stress-related disorders such as anxiety and depression.
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Number of participants (N): 80
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40 (n) Nacadia Therapy
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40 (n) CBT
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Type of environment
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The therapy garden Nacadia (outdoors or greenhouse)
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Clinic (indoors)
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Therapists and staff
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Other
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •that they suffer from prolonged stress, and have been on sick leave for that reason in ½ -2 years
- •There is no other significant and untreated physical illness behind the symptoms
- •There is no other significant and untreated mental illness behind the symptoms, such as personality disorders, bipolar disorders, psychosis or a high degree of sociophobia
排除标准
- •Suicidal tendencies or abuse problems
结局指标
主要结局
Patient-related outcomes - quality of life
时间窗: One year
次要结局
- Function and health - symptom relief(One year)
- Health economic evaluation - Cost efficiency (cost-effectiveness)(One year)
- Patient-related outcome (quality of life)(One year)
研究者
Anne Dahl Refshauge
Phd, Assistant Professor
University of Copenhagen