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Effects of horticultural therapy on elderly’ health: protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Geriatrics, August 2017
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Title
Effects of horticultural therapy on elderly’ health: protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Published in
BMC Geriatrics, August 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12877-017-0588-z
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Hui Yu Chan, Roger Chun-Man Ho, Rathi Mahendran, Kheng Siang Ng, Wilson Wai-San Tam, Iris Rawtaer, Chay Hoon Tan, Anis Larbi, Lei Feng, Angelia Sia, Maxel Kian-Wee Ng, Goh Lee Gan, Ee Heok Kua

Abstract

Due to a rapidly ageing population in the world, it is increasingly pertinent to promote successful ageing strategies which are cost-effective, easily accessible, and more likely to be acceptable to the elderly. Past research associates exposure to natural environments and horticultural therapy (HT) with positive psychological, social and physical health benefits. This Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) is designed to evaluate the efficacy of HT in promoting Asian elderly' mental health, cognitive functioning and physical health. 70 elderly participants aged 60 to 85 years old will be randomized to participate in either the active horticultural therapy group or be in the waitlist control. Sessions will be weekly for 12 weeks, and monthly for 3 months. Mental health will be assessed through self-reports of depressive and anxiety symptomatology, life satisfaction, social connectedness and psychological well-being, collaborated with immunological markers. Outcome measures of cognitive functioning and physical health include neuropsychological tests of cognitive function and basic health screening. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, 3 months and 6 months post-intervention. This RCT comprehensively investigates the efficacy of a non-invasive intervention, HT, in enhancing mental health, cognitive functioning and physical health. The results have tremendous potential for supporting future successful ageing programs and applicability to larger populations. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02495194 . Trial registration date: July 13, 2015. Retrospectively registered.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 287 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 45 16%
Student > Master 36 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 10%
Researcher 19 7%
Other 11 4%
Other 47 16%
Unknown 101 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 49 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 35 12%
Psychology 28 10%
Social Sciences 13 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 3%
Other 44 15%
Unknown 110 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2017.
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#6,923,993
of 22,999,744 outputs
Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#1,666
of 3,231 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#109,218
of 315,948 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#30
of 61 outputs
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