Future Forest Strategy Department, Forest Human Service Division, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul 02455, Korea.
Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 2;18(17):9283. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179283.
This study aimed to establish a health and medical foundation for forest healing programs and provide a basis for developing an evaluation system for such programs. While the number of visitors to forests and interest in forest healing effects are increasing, few studies have examined the various indicators of the persistent changes in forest healing effects. Therefore, this study conducted pre-, post-, and follow-up experiments on 87 health and clinical indicators in a sample of 88 adolescent participants. The relationships between pre-, post-, and follow-up experiment results for each indicator were analyzed. Of the 87 indicators, 46 showed significant changes, including systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, cholesterol, serotonin, vitamin D, CD16+CD56 count, interferon-γ, resilience, and self-esteem. The findings are significant for studying diverse participants and indicators and lay the foundation for developing forest healing programs by clarifying aspects such as the indicators suitable for short-term observation versus the indicators requiring long-term observation. Based on these analyses, the results of this study are expected to be useful when conducting research to establish an evidence-based forest healing program in the future.
本研究旨在为森林疗养计划建立健康和医学基础，并为开发此类计划的评估系统提供依据。虽然访问森林的人数和对森林疗养效果的兴趣在不断增加，但很少有研究探讨森林疗养效果持续变化的各种指标。因此，本研究在 88 名青少年参与者的样本中进行了 87 项健康和临床指标的预、后和随访实验。分析了每个指标的预、后和随访实验结果之间的关系。在 87 个指标中，有 46 个指标发生了显著变化，包括收缩压、舒张压、胆固醇、血清素、维生素 D、CD16+CD56 计数、干扰素-γ、韧性和自尊心。这些发现对于研究不同的参与者和指标具有重要意义，并为开发森林疗养计划奠定了基础，明确了适合短期观察的指标和需要长期观察的指标等方面。基于这些分析，本研究的结果有望在未来为建立基于证据的森林疗养计划的研究提供参考。
