老人のうつ病,ストレス,認知機能に対する農業療法の効果:準実験的研究

Gyu Yeon Park¹, Kwang Ok Lee¹

¹Department of Nursing, College of Convergence Technology, Sangmyung University, Cheonan, Korea.

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

|August 29, 2025

まとめ

この農業療法プログラムは老人の認知機能を向上させながら鬱やストレスを大幅に軽減しましたこれらの発見は健康を促進し認知症を予防する可能性を強調しています

科学分野:

ゲロントロジー
精神的な健康
農業科学

背景:

高齢者集団は精神的健康と認知能力の低下に直面する課題が増えています
整体的な健康を促進する介入は高齢者の支援に不可欠です
農業と治療法を統合したアグロヒーリングは新しいアプローチを提示します

研究の目的:

農業治療プログラムの有効性を評価する
高齢者の鬱やストレス認知機能への影響を評価する
高齢者の精神的健康に有効な介入であるかどうかを判断する.

主な方法:

準実験的な非同等の対照群の試験前・試験後の設計が採用された.
参加者 (65歳以上) は実験グループ (農業療法) と対照グループに分けられました.
このプログラムでは 8週間にわたって毎週90分間のセッションを行い検証されたスケールを用いて評価を行いました

主要な成果:

統計的に有意な抑うつ (p=0. 007) とストレス (p< 0. 001) の減少を示した.
認知機能は,対照群と比較して実験群で有意な改善を示した (p=. 002).
この介入は,マイナスの精神的健康結果を軽減し,認知能力を高めるのに効果的であることが示されました.

結論:

高齢者の精神的健康と認知機能の改善に有効な介入です
このプログラムは高齢者の健康促進と認知症予防のための戦略として有望です.
更に研究が進められれば高齢者のための農業療法プログラムが広く実施されるようになるでしょう

キーワード:

熟成した認知能力認知症うつ病農業者

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