Effects of Urban Afforestation Activity on Mental Health

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Urban Afforestation Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05362552

AfforestAffect

Details and patient eligibility

About

This single-group pretest-posttest clinical trial aims to evaluate the effects of a single-session afforestation activity on affect and vitality levels in a sample of young adults.

Full description

The participants will perform an afforestation activity for a single session of 90 minutes. The therapists will direct the participants' attention to the visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile features of the surrounding environment.

Enrollment: 152 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults between 18 and 65 years.
• Any sex and gender.

Exclusion criteria

• Intake of any psychotropic medication.
• Other severe or medically unstable diseases that may interfere with participation.
• Severe cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination score < 17 out of 30 points).
• Severe mental disorders in the acute phase or symptomatic phase.
• Severe intellectual disability.
• Behavioural alterations as this may interfere with their participation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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152 participants in 1 patient group

Urban Afforestation Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will perform an afforestation activity with a duration of 90 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Urban Afforestation Program