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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Effects of Short Forest Bathing Program on Autonomic Nervous System Activity and Mood States in Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals.

Chia-Pin Yu, Chia-Min Lin, Ming-Jer Tsai, Yu-Chieh Tsai, Chun-Yu Chen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. How Should Forests Be Characterized in Regard to Human Health? Evidence from Existing Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  10. Effects of Urban Forest Therapy Program on Depression Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  13. Benefits of a Three-Day Bamboo Forest Therapy Session on the Physiological Responses of University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  16. Forest Bathing (Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chia-Pin YuSchool of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. simonyu@ntu.edu.tw.
Chia-Min LinSchool of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. paulcmlin@gmail.com.
Ming-Jer TsaiSchool of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. tmj@ntu.edu.tw.
Yu-Chieh TsaiGraduate Institute of Oncology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. yctsai1@ntu.edu.tw.
Chun-Yu ChenDepartment of Tourism and Leisure Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu 30015, Taiwan. samuel@mail.ypu.edu.tw.
National Taiwan University · TWYuanpei University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigated changes in autonomic nervous system activity and emotions after a short (2 h) forest bathing program in the Xitou Nature Education Area (XNEA), Taiwan. One hundred and twenty-eight (60.0 ± 7.44 years) middle-aged and elderly participants were recruited. Physiological responses, pulse rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate variability (HRV), and psychological indices were measured before and after the program. We observed that pulse rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly lower after the program, which indicated physiological benefits from stress recovery. The Profile of Mood States negative mood subscale scores of "tension-anxiety", "anger-hostility", "fatigue-inertia", "depression-dejection", and "confusion-bewilderment" were significantly lower, whereas the positive mood subscale score of "vigor-activity" was higher. Furthermore, participants exhibited significantly lower anxiety levels according to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. However, changes in sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve activity were nonsignificant. Our study determined that the short forest bathing program is a promising therapeutic method for enhancing heart rate and blood pressure functions as well as an effective psychological relaxation strategy for middle-aged and elderly individuals.

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AffectBathsBlood PressureHeart RateAgedAutonomic Nervous SystemFemaleForestsHumansMaleMiddle AgedTaiwanblood pressureforest bathingheart rate variabilitymiddle-aged and elderlyProfile of Mood Statespulse rateState-Trait Anxiety Inventory

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PMID28792445
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