Therapeutic Horticulture as a Therapeutic Intervention in Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder

Korah, Tessy; Morrison, Deborah G.; Mason, Dana M.; Diehl, Elizabeth R M; Bussing, Regina

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“…Hence, it is essential to use available and appropriate treatment approaches to help these people. Along with pharmacological and psychological treatments to reduce symptoms and treat depression, horticultural therapy as a non-pharmacological treatment has attracted increasing attention from researchers in this field in recent decades (Korah et al, 2021). Horticultural therapy is a process that uses activities related to plants to achieve wellbeing and health through active/direct and related interaction with plants (Hitter et al, 2019).…”

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Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on Improving Memory, Alexithymia, and Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Persistent Depressive Disorder

Salemi,

Foroozandeh,

Asadi-Gharneh

2023

KMAN Counsel and Psych Nexus

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Depressive disorder causes unpleasant consequences in various areas of life, such as memory impairments and alexithymia. Based on this, this study aims to determine the effectiveness of horticultural therapy in improving memory, alexithymia, and reducing the severity of symptoms of patients suffering from persistent depressive disorder. The research design was semi-experimental and pre-test post-test with a control group. The statistical population of the present study includes all patients with persistent depressive disorder who met the criteria. 30 patients were selected by purposive sampling and randomly placed into experimental and control groups. The instruments used in the research were the Beck Depression Questionnaire, the Wechsler Working Memory Test, and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Participants in the experimental group took part in group gardening activities twice a week during 8 2-hour sessions. While the members of the control group did not participate in these activities. After the post-test, the data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis by SPSS-24 software. The results of the research showed that horticultural therapy was effective in reducing the severity of depression symptoms in patients with persistent depression (P<0.05), but not effective in improving memory and reducing alexithymia (P<0.05). According to the results of the research, it is possible to suggest the use of horticultural therapy as an intervention method to reduce depression symptoms in patients with persistent depressive disorder, and patients with persistent depression can take the benefits of horticultural therapy to reduce their depression symptoms.

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Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on Improving Memory, Alexithymia, and Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Persistent Depressive Disorder

Salemi,

Foroozandeh,

Asadi-Gharneh

2023

KMAN Counsel and Psych Nexus

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Effectiveness of horticultural therapy in aged people with depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lu²,

Liu³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundDepression, an increasing global crisis, has affected many people's daily life, especially for older adults. Horticultural therapy has been widely used in non-pharmacological treatment for patients with depression, with a body of studies demonstrating its therapeutic effects. However, a lack of systematic reviews and meta-analyses makes it difficult to get a holistic picture of this research field.ObjectivesWe aimed to evaluate the reliability of the previous studies and the effectiveness of horticultural therapy (including the intervention of environmental settings, activities, and duration) on older adults with depression.MethodsThis systematic review was conducted under the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA) guidelines. We searched relevant studies in multiple databases, and the original search was finished on 25 September 2022. We included studies using randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-experimental designs.ResultsWe yielded a total of 7,366 studies and finally included 13 which involved 698 aged people with depression. Results from meta-analysis indicated significant effects of horticultural therapy on reducing depressive symptoms for the older adults. Besides, we found different outcomes among various horticultural interventions (such as environmental setting, activities, and duration). Depression reduction was more effective in care-providing settings than in community settings; participatory activities were more effective in reducing depression than observational activities; intervention of 4–8 weeks might represent the optimal course of treatment compared to interventions more than 8 weeks in duration.ConclusionWe came up with a comprehensive set of recommendations based on the meta-analysis: aged people in care-providing settings with depression could get the most benefit from horticultural therapy by participating in participatory activities for 4–8 weeks.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022363134, identifier CRD42022363134.

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Therapeutic Horticulture as a Therapeutic Intervention in Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder

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Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on Improving Memory, Alexithymia, and Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Persistent Depressive Disorder

Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy on Improving Memory, Alexithymia, and Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Persistent Depressive Disorder

Effectiveness of horticultural therapy in aged people with depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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