Effects of Forest Therapy on Physical and Psychological Parameters in the General Population

NCT ID: NCT05338372

Last Updated: 2022-10-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 178 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-05-02
• Study Completion Date: 2022-06-04

Brief Summary

In recent years, nature and forest therapy has increasingly become the focus of medical research. Recent scientific findings indicate overall positive effects of nature and forest therapy on physical and mental health. In Asia and Australia, it has already been implemented as a public health concept of prevention and health promotion. The aim of the project is to replicate the experience gained in Asia over the last three decades on the physical and psychological effects of nature/forest therapy in the context of the German forest and to investigate it further scientifically.

Conditions

General Population

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Two days forest therapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Two days forest therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants attend two days (with a break day in between) of two-hour forest therapy at the Friedrichsruh, Barntrup or Wernigerode sites, led by an INFTA-certified forest therapy guide.

Three days forest therapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Three days forest therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants attend three days of two-hour forest therapy at the Friedrichsruh, Barntrup or Wernigerode sites, led by an INFTA-certified forest therapy guide.

Interventions

Two days forest therapy

Participants attend two days (with a break day in between) of two-hour forest therapy at the Friedrichsruh, Barntrup or Wernigerode sites, led by an INFTA-certified forest therapy guide.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Three days forest therapy

Participants attend three days of two-hour forest therapy at the Friedrichsruh, Barntrup or Wernigerode sites, led by an INFTA-certified forest therapy guide.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Women and men aged 18 to 90 years.
• Capacity to consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Serious acute or chronic medical conditions
• Immobility or limitation of mobility due to orthopedic, neurological or other medical causes
• Participation in another study
• Serious mental illness
• Pregnancy and lactation

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Andreas Michalsen

Prof. Dr. Andreas Michalsen

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Charite University

Berlin, , Germany

Countries

Germany

Other Identifiers

KWT1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id