实际和虚拟公园有益于生活质量和体力活动:一个集群试验
Hsin-Yen Yen1,2, Hao-Yun Huang3
1School of Gerontology and Long-Term Care, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing St., Taipei, 11031, Taiwan. yenken520@gmail.com.
概括
经历实际或虚拟公园改善了城市居民的生活质量和体力活动. 虚拟公园提供了类似的健康益处,使它们成为那些对大自然接触有限的人的有价值的替代品.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 城市公园作为关键的自然环境,增强健康弹性和促进福祉.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 提供了一种新的方法,为城市人口提供自然暴露的好处.
- 弥合城市生活和自然访问之间的差距对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查实际与虚拟公园体验对城市居民生活质量和体育活动水平的比较影响.
- 评估虚拟现实作为在城市环境中促进健康的工具的潜力.
- 评估对生活质量的各个维度的影响,包括身体,精神和社会福祉.
主要方法:
- 一个集群随机试验,涉及三所大学校园的20-50岁的健康成年人.
- 参与者被分配到实际公园,虚拟公园或对照组,干预持续12周 (30分钟/会议,每周).
- 使用经过验证的自我报告问卷,包括世界卫生组织生活质量量量表-BREF和国际体育活动问卷-简单表格来衡量结果.
主要成果:
- 实际的公园参与者在社会生活质量,光强度体育活动和体重减轻方面表现出显著改善.
- 虚拟公园的参与者在心理生活质量方面经历了显著的改善.
- 两个实验组都在自我评估健康,身体和环境生活质量以及减少久坐时间方面显著改善.
结论:
- 城市公园对于促进公民健康和体力活动至关重要.
- 虚拟公园可以有效地模拟实际公园的健康益处.
- 虚拟公园是建议的干预对个人缺乏访问或动机的现实世界的公园参与,从而提高城市健康的弹性.
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