ArticleHeliyon2023
Hot spring bathing practices have a positive effect on mental health in Japan.
Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Revisiting therapeutic landscapes in the spa context: toward a multisensory, evidence-based framework for healing environments.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Review
- Determinants of consumption level among target population in Chinese hot spring medical and long-term care integration with rehabilitation services model and value perception analysis based on the importance-performance analysis framework.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Ethnopharmacological knowledge and physicochemical properties of hot springs in Bhutan.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- Resting Body Temperature and Long-Term Survival in Older Adults at a Mental Health Center: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Myoban hot spring bathing improves gut microbiota composition and short-chain fatty acid levels: a pilot study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Determinants of professional identity among practitioners in China's hot spring-integrated care model.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Dietary and environmental modulation for the gut environment: yogurt promotes microbial diversity while chloride hot springs improve defecation status in healthy adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
Hot springs have long been used for medical purposes throughout the world. Recently, the positive effects of hot spa-bathing on circulatory diseases have been reported, while there are few reports on the mental effects of hot spa-bathing. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between hot spa-bathing habits and mental health throughout Japan. We conducted a nationwide online survey, including questions on bathing behavior, subjective satisfaction, lifestyle, and illness. The results showed a significant positive correlation between hot spa-bathing habits and multiple subjective satisfaction levels regarding mental health effects. The factor analysis results indicated that hot spa-bathing habits tended to be associated with good mental health, high health consciousness, and disease. Our study revealed that subjective satisfaction was higher among individuals with hot spa-bathing habits, suggesting that the hot spring spa-bathing habit may have a positive influence on mental health.
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