Effects of "Vitamin N" Nature Immersion Therapy on Stress Levels in Health Care Workers in the City of Bogotá

Jeadran N. Malagón-Rojas

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Environmental Exposure; Epigenetic Disorder; Anxiety; Cortisol Excess; Stress, Psychological; Natural Killer Cell Cytokine Production

Treatments: Other: Immersion therapy in nature - Vitamin N

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05315388

21-2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recent studies on health personnel in Colombia have evidenced the considerable increase in the levels of stress and anxiety, among other psychological disorders, as a product of the COVID-19 pandemic that is being experienced since 2019 and that implies a greater demand for attention from the affected citizens, with the consequent work overload and tension due to the risk of contagion.

Thus, the present work will allow the generation of new knowledge in relation to the benefits of Vitamin N therapy in Colombia; which can contribute quickly and effectively to the reduction of stress levels, anxiety, insomnia, and depression in individuals, when compared with conventional interventions and result in possible benefits such as the reduction of health problems such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and diseases associated with the immune system.

Enrollment: 118 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 62 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Persons over 18 years of age
• Health care workers
• Prioritized by the psychosocial risk program
• Complete vaccination schedule for COVID-19

Exclusion criteria

• Undergraduate students in the area of health sciences
• Pregnant women
• Allergies or sensitivity to the intervention
• Workers who consume immunosuppressants or corticosteroids
• Workers diagnosed with any type of disease or who have undergone chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment during the last year
• Persons who have had exposure to X-rays in the last 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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118 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1. Regular therapy group

No Intervention group

Description:

Group without intervention during the study period no changes will be made in their daily routine. They will receive a weekly intervention operationalized for psychosocial risk.

Group 2A: Vitamin N therapy group - metropolitan park environment

Experimental group

Description:

Group with periodic outings to a neighborhood or metropolitan natural park (once a week) for approximately 2 hours for a minimum period of six months.

Treatment:

Other: Immersion therapy in nature - Vitamin N

Group 2B: Vitamin N therapy group - forest forest environment

Experimental group

Description:

Group with periodic outings to a forest environment (once a week) for a time of approximately 2 hours for a minimum period of six months

Treatment:

Other: Immersion therapy in nature - Vitamin N