Impact of horticultural therapy on patients admitted to psychiatric wards, a randomised, controlled and open trial

Psychiatric inpatients often endure anxiety. This randomized trial assessed the impact of horticultural therapy on anxiety in adult psychiatric inpatients over four weeks, compared to standard care. Recruiting 211 inpatients from six units were randomized into control (n = 105) and experimental (n =...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific reports 2024-06, Vol.14 (1), p.14378-9, Article 14378
Hauptverfasser: Joubert, Aude, Jankowski-Cherrier, Blandine, Rossi, Audrey, Teyssier, Laure, Suraud, Valérie, Presle, Emilie, Pommier, Romain, Massoubre, Catherine, Verot, Elise
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Zusammenfassung:Psychiatric inpatients often endure anxiety. This randomized trial assessed the impact of horticultural therapy on anxiety in adult psychiatric inpatients over four weeks, compared to standard care. Recruiting 211 inpatients from six units were randomized into control (n = 105) and experimental (n = 106) groups. Control received usual care; the experimental group had horticultural therapy alongside usual care. Anxiety, measured using HADS-A scale at four weeks, aimed to establish horticultural therapy's superiority. After four weeks, horticultural therapy significantly reduced anxiety compared to standard care ( P  
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-65168-0