Pilot Project of Forest Bathing for Promoting Health

University of Navarra

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intellectual Disability

Treatments: Other: Forest bathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05472571

BOSQUE

Details and patient eligibility

About

An exploratory trial using a cuasi-experimental design aimed to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. The intervention consists of 11 consecutive sessions of forest bathing (one session per week), each one lasting about 2 hours. Each session involves an easy walk through a forest area, interspersed with non-intrusive activities of contact with the surrounding nature aimed at fostering mindfulness and the use of the five senses. Data were collected at baseline, post intervention, and 7 months of follow-up.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults with intellectual disability enrolled in a specific occupational center.
• Being informed about the study and having signed the informed consent document.

Exclusion criteria

• Having stated their not willing to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 1 patient group

Forest bathing

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Forest bathing