ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Targeted health promotion with guided nature walks or group exercise: a controlled trial in primary care.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05893212 (Targeted Health Promotion With Guided Nature Walks or Group Exercise), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Targeted Health Promotion With Guided Nature Walks or Group Exercise: a Controlled Trial in Primary Care
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- A systematic environmental intervention, nidotherapy, given to whole communities: protocol for a randomised stepped-wedge trial.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Is forest bathing a panacea for mental health problems? A narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- A Nature-Based Intervention for Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study Using the COM-B Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Effects of forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku) in stressed people.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Fine-tuning the practical relevance of a quality framework for integrated nature-based interventions in healthcare facilities. A qualitative interview study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Quality criteria of nature-based interventions in healthcare facilities: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Integrating Non-Clinical Supports into Care: A Systematic Review of Social Prescribing Referral Pathways for Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Psychosocial Improvement.International journal of integrated careArticle
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Abstract
Background: Contact with nature promotes wellbeing through diverse pathways, providing a potential way of supporting health especially in primary care, where patients commonly suffer from multimorbidity and poor general health. Social prescribing is a non-pharmaceutical approach for improving health as well as social inclusion. This field study explores and compares the effects of a nature-based and an exercise-based social prescribing scheme on mental wellbeing and sleep, in a primary care population. Methods: Primary care patients identified to benefit from a general improvement to their health were recruited by nurses, doctors, or social workers to this non-randomized, intention-to-treat, pilot field-study. Participants ( Results: Participants (mean age 57 years, 79% female) rated their general and mental health lower than the general population. Participation in the Nature-group resulted in improved mental wellbeing (change in WEMWBS by 3.15, Conclusion: We attest that even in areas surrounded by greenery, active interventions can further improve health in a primary care population, and that nature-based interventions are beneficial for those in poor health. Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier NCT05893212.
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