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Cong Ma¹, Aamir Mehmood Shah¹, Wei Chen²

¹College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.

|April 22, 2026

Summary

Nature-based interventions (NBIs) significantly improve adult sleep health compared to conventional care. The benefits appear to stem from general nature exposure, highlighting NBIs as scalable strategies for better sleep.

Keywords:

environmental health health sciences

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Sleep Medicine
Environmental Psychology

Background:

Sleep health is a critical global public health issue.
There is a growing need for effective, non-pharmacological interventions.
Nature-based interventions (NBIs) show promise for improving well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

To synthesize comparative evidence on sensory-oriented NBIs for adult sleep health.
To evaluate the effectiveness of different NBI modalities using a Bayesian network meta-analysis.
To provide an evidence-based overview of NBIs for sleep improvement.

Main Methods:

Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Inclusion of studies on sensory-oriented nature-based interventions for sleep health in adults.
Assessment of comparative effectiveness across different NBI categories and against conventional care.

Main Results:

All NBI categories demonstrated superior outcomes compared to conventional care for sleep health.
Differences in effectiveness between various NBI modalities were generally small.
Robustness analyses confirmed the stability and reliability of the findings.

Conclusions:

Nature-based interventions are effective and scalable strategies for improving adult sleep health.
The therapeutic benefits of NBIs for sleep may be attributed to a general effect of nature exposure.
Further large-scale, rigorous RCTs are needed to determine the comparative effectiveness of specific NBI modalities.