Indoor horticultural therapy for older adults living in a nursing home: Bedside structured floral arrangement program

Mochizuki-Kawai, Hiroko; Sakaba, Taito; Yamakawa, Yuriko

doi:10.1111/ggi.14155

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“…Most articles ( n = 8/13) indicated that their participants were recruited from nursing homes ( 52 , 53 , 55 , 58 , 59 , 61 , 63 , 64 ), two from neighborhoods ( 57 , 60 ), two from hospitals ( 54 , 56 ), and one from a homeless living facility ( 62 ). Some studies were conducted on specific populations.…”

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“…Nine studies had both male and female participants. One study did not describe the gender of the participants ( 59 ).…”

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“…In previous studies, a cutoff age of 75 years was used as the separating age between young-old (< 75 years) and old-old (≥ 75 years) ( 65 – 68 ). Based on the above separation criteria, seven studies focused on old-old ( 52 , 53 , 58 , 59 , 61 , 63 , 64 ), and five studies focused on young-old ( 55 – 57 , 60 , 62 ).…”

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“…Among the 13 articles included, seven were identified as quasi-experimental studies ( 53 , 55 , 58 , 61 – 64 ), and six were identified as RCTs ( 52 , 54 , 56 , 57 , 59 , 60 ). For RCTs, two applied single-blind RCT ( 57 , 60 ), and one of which is crossover RCT ( 60 ).…”

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“…The contents of HT interventions and control interventions were different in different articles. Besides gardening activities (e.g., seeding, cultivating, and harvesting) performed by nearly all subjects, the HT interventions mentioned in the articles also included nature-art activities [e.g., flower arrangement ( 53 , 54 , 56 , 59 , 61 , 62 ), decorating drawing papers with dry flowers and leaves ( 52 , 55 , 63 ), dyeing nails with garden balsam ( 62 )], nutrition education ( 57 ), field trips to green land ( 55 , 62 , 64 ), and cooking and tasting ( 55 , 58 , 62 ). Additionally, of the 13 studies, eight were facilitated by registered horticultural therapists ( 52 , 55 , 60 – 63 ) or professionals trained in horticultural techniques ( 58 , 59 ), while five studies did not indicate whether registered horticultural therapists or professionals trained in horticultural techniques were involved ( 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 , 64 ).…”

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The effect of horticultural therapy on depressive symptoms among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhang

Wang

Fang

2022

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveThis systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the effectiveness of horticultural therapy on depressive symptoms in the elderly and determine the potential moderators of the intervention effect.MethodsIn early June 2022, randomized controlled trials and Quasi-experimental studies were searched on Web of Science, PsycINFO, CINAHL, EMBASE, Medline, PubMed, CNKI, WANFANG DATA, and CQVIP. Three independent authors proposed the following inclusion criterion for this study: the elderly with applied horticultural therapy intervention compared to non-HT intervention. From a total of 3,068 records, only 34 studies met the inclusion criteria. After the full-text screening, 13 studies were included in the analysis. An assessment of the risk of bias was conducted using RoBINS-I and RoB 2 tools. The comprehensive Meta-Analysis 3.3 tool was used for the meta-analysis.ResultsMeta-analysis suggested that mean depression scores of elderly people who underwent horticultural therapy intervention were significantly lower than those who did not receive HT therapy. More significant effects were found for the elderly with mean age equal to or over 75 years instead of younger than 75 years, in randomized controlled trials instead of quasi-experimental studies, for studies with more than 20 participants receiving horticultural therapy at the same time and place instead of equal to or fewer than 20 horticultural therapy participants.ConclusionsThis evidence supported that horticultural therapy had a significant positive effect on the depressive symptoms outcomes for the elderly. Therefore, our data revealed that horticultural therapy could be considered as a part of therapy in depressive symptoms reduction programs. Due to the high degree of heterogeneity and the limited number of studies, a future review is warranted to determine the effects of horticultural therapy on depressive symptoms reduction in the elderly.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=272464, identifier: CRD42021272464.

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“…Nine studies had both male and female participants. One study did not describe the gender of the participants ( 59 ).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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The effect of horticultural therapy on depressive symptoms among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhang

Wang

Fang

2022

Front. Public Health

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Effects of horticultural therapy on health in the elderly: A review and meta-analysis

Yun

Yao

Meng

et al. 2023

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Aim Given the current aging population, the demand on medical facilities, facilities for elderly care, and even their high prevalence, it is crucial to investigate the advantages of older people. The purpose of our study was to systematically review the existing literature on the health effects of horticultural therapy as a treatment option for the elderly. Subject and methods Article searches were conducted through five databases: Web of science, Science Direct, PubMed, EBSCO, and Google Scholar, according to the standard method of systematic evaluation and meta-analysis. Thirty-two published articles were included, and 27 relevant variables were meta-analyzed to assess the benefits of horticultural therapy in terms of physical and psychological functioning in the elderly. Results Results show that horticultural therapy may be helpful in helping seniors lose weight -0.195 (95% CI -0.507,0.117), reduce their waist circumference -0.327 (95% CI -0.637, -0.017), lower their stress -0.339 (95% CI -0.610, -0.069) and cortisol -0.902 (95% CI -0.728, -0.002) levels, improve their physical flexibility 0.302 (95% CI 0.036, 0.569), social interaction 0.370, (95% CI 0.115, 0.624), and daily vegetables and fruit consumption 0.688 (95% CI: 0.287, 1.089). Conclusion Horticultural therapy may be a useful tool for enhancing the physical, mental and social aspects of the elderly. However, there is substantial heterogeneity and wide variation in the quality of the included studies. Further high-quality studies, rigorous controls and adjustments for significant confounding variables, and larger populations are needed in the future to further our understanding of the link between horticultural therapy and elder health. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10389-023-01938-w.

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The effect of horticultural therapy on older adults in pension institutions: a systematic review

Wang

Yan

2023

Geriatric Nursing

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Indoor horticultural therapy for older adults living in a nursing home: Bedside structured floral arrangement program

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

The effect of horticultural therapy on depressive symptoms among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The effect of horticultural therapy on depressive symptoms among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Effects of horticultural therapy on health in the elderly: A review and meta-analysis

The effect of horticultural therapy on older adults in pension institutions: a systematic review

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