ArticleScientific reports2020
Nature-based activities improve the well-being of older adults.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors influencing access to green health prescribing in primary care for older adults - a qualitative systematic review.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Nature-based interventions for older adults: a systematic review of intervention types and methods, health effects and pathways.Age and ageing · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of gardening activities on domains of health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of horticultural therapy on depressive symptoms among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- The effectiveness of nature-based therapy for community psychological distress and well-being during COVID-19: a multi-site trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- The essential elements for successful implementation of nature therapy programs in mental health services: a systematic review with narrative synthesis.Implementation science communications · 2026Review
- Effects of a Nature-Based Intervention on Cognitive Function in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
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- Implementing nature walking groups in mental health services as a transdiagnostic approach to promote recovery: a study protocol for a non-randomised trial.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- The association of daily gardening and healthy ageing in Singapore.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Understanding Daily Care Experience Preferences Across the Lifespan of Older Adults: Application of Natural Language Processing.Western journal of nursing research · 2025Article
- Impact of horticulture therapy on sleep quality in geriatrics.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Pilot study of telehealth delivery of horticultural therapy (TeleHT) as an acceptable intervention and in reducing suicide risk factors in veterans.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Current literature shows that interaction with urban greenery can have a wide range of positive health outcomes. Targeted nature-based programs, such as therapeutic horticulture, have been shown to result in multiple health benefits for older adults residing in temperate environments, but much less research has been carried out on populations with different phenotypes, such as older Asian adults in the tropics. The current study investigated the effects of a 24-session therapeutic horticulture program on 47 older participants in Singapore, with an experimental pretest posttest design. We found that participants maintained healthy sleep patterns and psychological health, as well as showed reduced anxiety and improved cognitive functioning (p < 0.05). In addition, they reported an increase in mean happiness score after each session. This study provides new evidence using a comprehensive set of indicators across the affective, cognitive, functional, psychosocial and physical domains, supporting current literature on the benefits of nature programs, with a novel focus on tropical environments. It provides evidence that the nature-based intervention has the potential to be translated to programs to benefit older adults in the tropics.
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