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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Comparative Study of the Restorative Effects of Forest and Urban Videos during COVID-19 Lockdown: Intrinsic and Benchmark Values.

Federica Zabini, Lorenzo Albanese, Francesco Riccardo Becheri, Gioele Gavazzi, Fiorenza Giganti, Fabio Giovanelli, Giorgio Gronchi, Andrea Guazzini, Marco Laurino, Qing Li and 5 more

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effects of Forest-Based Interventions on Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  9. Contact with Nature in Social Deprivation during COVID-19: The Positive Impact on Anxiety.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Federica ZabiniInstitute for Bioeconomy, National Research Council, 10 Via Madonna del Piano, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1505-0839
Lorenzo AlbaneseInstitute for Bioeconomy, National Research Council, 10 Via Madonna del Piano, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.
Francesco Riccardo BecheriPian dei Termini Forest Therapy Station, 2311 Via Pratorsi, I-51028 San Marcello Piteglio, Italy.
Gioele GavazziSection of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.
Fiorenza GigantiSection of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.
Fabio GiovanelliSection of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1059-9945
Giorgio GronchiSection of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0543-4900
Andrea GuazziniDepartment of Education, Languages, Intercultural Studies, Literatures, and Psychology (FORLILPSI), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.
Marco LaurinoInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, 1 Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4798-5196
Qing LiDepartment of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine-Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan.
Tessa MarziSection of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.
Francesca MastorciInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, 1 Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
Francesco MeneguzzoInstitute for Bioeconomy, National Research Council, 10 Via Madonna del Piano, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5952-9166
Stefania RighiSection of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.
Maria Pia ViggianoSection of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy.
University of Florence · ITNational Research Council · ITIstituto di Fisiologia Clinica · ITNippon Medical School · JPParco Tecnologico Padano · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prolonged lockdown imposed to contain the COrona VIrus Disease 19 COVID-19 pandemic prevented many people from direct contact with nature and greenspaces, raising alarms for a possible worsening of mental health. This study investigated the effectiveness of a simple and affordable remedy for improving psychological well-being, based on audio-visual stimuli brought by a short computer video showing forest environments, with an urban video as a control. Randomly selected participants were assigned the forest or urban video, to look at and listen to early in the morning, and questionnaires to fill out. In particular, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Form Y collected in baseline condition and at the end of the study and the Part II of the Sheehan Patient Rated Anxiety Scale (SPRAS) collected every day immediately before and after watching the video. The virtual exposure to forest environments showed effective to reduce perceived anxiety levels in people forced by lockdown in limited spaces and environmental deprivation. Although significant, the effects were observed only in the short term, highlighting the limitation of the virtual experiences. The reported effects might also represent a benchmark to disentangle the determinants of health effects due to real forest experiences, for example, the inhalation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC).

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ForestsPandemicsAdultAgedAnxietyBenchmarkingBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHumansMental HealthMiddle AgedPneumonia, ViralQuarantineSARS-CoV-2anxietyaudio-visual stimulationCOVID-19environmental enrichmentforest environmentsforest therapylockdownmental healthquarantinestress

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