在老年人中通过治疗花园活动来控制压力
Sun-Hee Kim1, Joo-Bong Seo1, Byung-Yeol Ryu2
1Graduate School of Environment Horticulture, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|March 28, 2024
概括
治愈花园活动显著减少老年人的累积压力. 这些活动还改善了关键的压力指标,证明了它们在管理老年人日常压力的有效性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 心理生理学 心理生理学
背景情况:
- 慢性压力是老年人群的重大健康问题.
- 在老年人中,管理压力的干预措施对于保持福祉至关重要.
- 治愈花园为减轻压力提供了一个潜在的治疗环境.
研究的目的:
- 研究治愈花园活动在控制60岁以上人群累积压力的有效性.
- 评估定期参与园林活动对老年人生理压力标志物的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项为期12周的实验研究,涉及一个干预小组,每周参加2小时的治疗花园活动.
- 一个对照组保持了他们正常的日常生活.
- 测量累积压力和心率变化参数,包括总功率 (TP),正常到正常间隔的标准偏差 (SDNN) 和连续R-R间隔的根平均平方差异 (RMSSD),使用u-Bio MACPA压力指数计.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,实验组在统计学上显著地减少了累积压力.
- 实验组的总功率 (TP) 与对照组相比,在实验组显著增加.
- 虽然SDNN和RMSSD显示实验组的增加趋势和对照组的下降趋势,但这些变化在统计学上并不显著.
结论:
- 治愈花园活动有效地减少累积压力,并改善老年人的压力评估指标.
- 研究结果表明,从事园艺活动可以成为老年人压力管理的可行方法.
- 建议采用更大的样本大小进行进一步的研究,以在不同老年人群中概括发现,并探索其他年龄组的有效性.
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