ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Nature Walk as an Intervention for Anxiety and Depression.
Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The Effect of Walking on Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
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- Effects of Virtual Nature Embodiment on Compassion, Empathy, Nature Connectedness, and Symptom Burden in Patients With Psychosis or Depression: An Explorative Clinical Study.JMIR serious games · 2026Article
- Promoting Nordic 'Green Care Practices'.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- Chronic Stress Modulates Microglial Activation Dynamics, Shaping Priming Responses to Subsequent Stress.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Profiling adolescent participation in wildlife activities and its implications on mental health: evidence from the Young-HUNT study in Norway.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- An integrative review of the physical, mental, and socioeconomic benefits of outdoor hiking.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Enhancing patient well-being in oncology waiting rooms: a pilot field experiment on the emotional impact of virtual forest therapy.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Depression, happiness, and satisfaction with life in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: Associations with device-measured physical activity and sedentary time.Psycho-oncology · 2023Article
- Contact with Nature in Social Deprivation during COVID-19: The Positive Impact on Anxiety.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- The mechanisms of nature-based therapy on depression, anxiety, stress, and life satisfaction: examining mindfulness in a two-wave mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Nature visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: Facilitators, motives, and associations with sociodemographic characteristics.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Scientific research has widely examined the therapeutic and health benefits of being in contact with natural environments. Nature walk have been proposed as a cost-effective and inclusive method for successfully exploiting nature for the promotion of health and well-being. Depression and anxiety symptoms have been shown to benefit from nature walk. Despite recent empirical findings published in the scientific literature, a summary quantitative work on the effect of nature walk on depression and anxiety does not yet exist. The present systematic review and meta-analysis quantitatively analyze and qualitatively discuss the studies published on the effect of nature walk on depression and anxiety published during the past decade. A database search as well as snowballing methods were used to retrieve eligible articles. The research question and literature search were based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Based on screening and retrieval processes, seven studies met the eligibility criteria and were then included in the quantitative meta-analysis. Risk of bias (RoB) analysis was used to evaluate the quality of the included studies using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. After a qualitative evaluation of the studies, data from six experiments were included in the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis show that nature walk effectively improve mental health. The findings were confirmed for the experiments reporting the quantitative data within groups (pre- and post-test) and between groups (experimental vs. control group).
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