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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Psycho-Physiological Stress Recovery in Outdoor Nature-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of the Past Eight Years of Research.

Sus Sola Corazon, Ulrik Sidenius, Dorthe Varning Poulsen, Marie Christoffersen Gramkow, Ulrika Karlsson Stigsdotter

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. What Activities in Forests Are Beneficial for Human Health? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  10. Nature's Role in Outdoor Therapies: An Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  12. Nature Exposure and Its Effects on Immune System Functioning: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sus Sola CorazonDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. suoe@ign.ku.dk.
Ulrik SideniusDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. us@ign.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-6976-6181
Dorthe Varning PoulsenDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. dvp@ign.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-8547-5424
Marie Christoffersen GramkowDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. mg@ign.ku.dk.
Ulrika Karlsson StigsdotterDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. uks@ign.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-6744-2311

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn modern, urban daily life, natural environments are increasingly recognized as an important resource for stress recovery and general well-being.

aimthe present review aims to provide an overview and synthesis of the past eight years' research into the psycho-physiological effects of outdoor nature-based interventions, related to stress recovery.

methoda structured search was performed in seven databases, returning 5618 articles. Removal of duplicates and initial screening gave a total of 95 studies. After full text reading, 36 studies were included in the assessment.

resultsmost of the psychological outcomes were related to different emotional measures. The synthesis of the results points towards outdoor, nature-based exposure having a positive effect on different emotional parameters, related to stress relief. The studies into physiological measures showed more equivocal results.

conclusionthe research, conducted over the past eight years, into outdoor, nature-based exposure has now attained a sound evidence base for psychological and especially emotional effects, but the evidence base for physiological effects within this timeframe shows a great degree of heterogeneity. LIMITATIONS: interpretation of the results is limited by the review only covering the past eight years' research on the subject.

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NatureStress, PhysiologicalControlled Clinical Trials as TopicHumansStress, PsychologicalcortisolEPHPP quality assessmenthealth-promoting environmentsheart rate variabilitymoodnarrative synthesisnatural environmentsself-estimated stress

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PMCPMC6572302

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