The Emotional, Physical and Cognitive Benefits of Purposeful Green Space Activities on Seniors
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Loneliness (Time 1)
研究概览
简要总结
This project explores if various nature based activities can lead to acute improvements in emotional, physical and cognitive health outcomes and encouraging senior center (JABA) service users to return to a safe environment. The activities the investigators will use include walking in nature, engaging in physical planting and cerebral, citizen science based activities.
详细描述
This study builds on the previous experimental work and expands it to focus on older adults in the Charlottesville area. The study objective is to understand the impact of different types of activities in green settings on physical and mental health outcomes in older adults at JABA centers using a repeated measures, crossover design in 20 participants.
There are three activity sessions in this project; walking (contemplative), planting (physical) and citizen science (cerebral). The walking condition will be a short green walk (10-15 minutes). The planting session will be run by JABA staff and a Master Gardener and will allow participants an opportunity to be outdoors and plant and tend to plants. The citizen science session will be run by JABA staff and a consultant and will rely less on physical exertion but rather focus on understanding green space at a more academic level. All sessions will be outdoors and will follow COVID-19 guidelines in place at the time of testing.
Outcome Measures The investigators will use various measures to assess the impact of green activity on emotional, physical and cognitive health outcomes, including;
- Loneliness; measured by the UCLA Loneliness Scale, a 3-item scale that captures feelings of loneliness.
- Belonging; measured by the General Belonging Scale (GBS), a 12-item scale capturing social acceptance/inclusion and social rejection/exclusion.
- Acute Mood; pre and post measures of mood will be taken using the UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (MACL), an acute measure of hedonic tone, stress and arousal.
- Restoration; Psychological restorative qualities of the setting measured by the Perceived Restorativeness Scale, a three point scale determining the restorative quality of activity spaces.
- Physical Activity_OMNIT; In addition to the arousal measure of the MACL, the investigators used the 11 point scale (from 0 to 10) of the OMNIT Perceived Exertion scale (tiredness), to understand how physically tired the activities made them.
- Physical Activity_OMNIH; In addition to the arousal measure of the MACL, the investigators used the 11 point scale (from 0 to 10) of the OMNIH Perceived Exertion scale (exertion), to understand how much perceived physical effort participants put in.
- Accelerometer; the investigators will use accelerometers to measure participant movement throughout the activities to correlate with physical activity measures.
All outcome measures will be scored and subsequently analysed using a one-way ANOVA to determine if experimental condition leads to any statistically significant difference between outcome scores. The investigators will look for correlations between outcome measures in order to establish relationships between variables.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Over 65 years
- •A JABA center user
- •Can walk unassisted for 20 minutes
- •Willing to comply with COVID-19 regulations
排除标准
- •Under 65 years
- •Never used a JABA center
- •unable to walk unassisted for 20 minutes.
- •Unwilling to comply with COVID-19 regulations
结局指标
主要结局
Loneliness (Time 1)
时间窗: Pre activity
Loneliness was measured by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, a 3-item scale that captures feelings of loneliness. Scores range from 3 to 9 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived loneliness
Loneliness (Time 2)
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure)
Loneliness was measured by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, a 3-item scale that captures feelings of loneliness. Scores range from 3 to 9 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived loneliness
Social Isolation (Time 1)
时间窗: Pre activity
Social Isolation was measured by the General Belonging Scale (GBS), a 12-item scale capturing social acceptance/inclusion and social rejection/exclusion. Scores will range from 12 to 84, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived belonging.
Social Isolation (Time 2)
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure)
Social Isolation was measured by the General Belonging Scale (GBS), a 12-item scale capturing social acceptance/inclusion and social rejection/exclusion. Scores will range from 12 to 84, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived belonging.
Mood_hedonic Tone (Time 1)
时间窗: Pre activity
Pre measures of mood (hedonic tone) was taken using the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) Mood Adjective Checklist (MACL), an average measure of hedonic tone. The subscale will range from 4 to 16, with higher scores indicating higher valence.
Mood_hedonic Tone (Time 2)
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure)
Post measures of (hedonic tone) was taken using the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) Mood Adjective Checklist (MACL), an average measure of hedonic tone. The subscale will range from 4 to 16, with higher scores indicating higher valence.
Well Aging_ Using Perceived Restorativeness Scale
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure). This measure is a post-condition measure only that measures restoration as a result of the condition. This cannot be done before exposure to the condition.
Psychological restorative qualities of the setting was measured by the Perceived Restorativeness Scale, a three point scale determining the restorative quality of activity spaces. Scores range from 4 to 28, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived restoration.
Physical Activity_OMNIT
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure). OMNIT is administered post-activity ONLY.
In addition to the arousal measure of the MACL, the investigators used the 11 point scale (from 0 to 10) of the OMNIT Perceived Exertion scale (tiredness), to understand how physically tired the activities made them. Lower scores indicate the tasks are easy; higher scores indicate the tasks are hard.
Physical Activity_OMNIH
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure). OMNIH is administered post-activity ONLY.
In addition to the arousal measure of the MACL, the investigators used the 11 point scale (from 0 to 10) of the OMNIH Perceived Exertion scale (exertion), to understand how much perceived physical effort participants put in. Lower scores indicate the tasks are easy; higher scores indicate the tasks are hard.
Mood_Stress (Time 1)
时间窗: Pre activity
Pre measures of mood (stress) was taken using the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) Mood Adjective Checklist (MACL), an average measure of stress. The subscale will range from 4 to 16, with higher scores indicating higher stress.
Mood_Stress (Time 2)
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure)
Post measures of mood (stress) was taken using the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) Mood Adjective Checklist (MACL), an average measure of stress. The subscale will range from 4 to 16, with higher scores indicating higher stress.
Mood_arousal (Time 1)
时间窗: Pre activity
Pre measures of mood (arousal) was taken using the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) Mood Adjective Checklist (MACL), an average measure of arousal. The subscale will range from 4 to 16, with higher scores indicating higher arousal.
Mood_arousal (Time 2)
时间窗: Post activity (20 minutes after pre-activity measure)
Post measures of mood (arousal) was taken using the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) Mood Adjective Checklist (MACL), an average measure of arousal. The subscale will range from 4 to 16, with higher scores indicating higher arousal.
次要结局
- Mobility Limitation(Throughout activity (measure taken for 20 minutes))
研究者
Jennifer Roe
Professor
University of Virginia