School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK.
School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 13;19(20):13166. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013166.
literature on the mental health benefits of therapeutic community gardening is not specific to individuals with mental illness and reports short-term outcomes. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on intervention effectiveness is also unknown. This study examined the impact of therapeutic community gardening prior to and across the pandemic on the wellbeing of individuals referred for support with their mental illness.
garden members ( = 53; male = 36, female = 17) aged 47.38 ± 13.09 years reported their wellbeing at baseline and four follow-up points (FU1-FU4) across the pandemic.
there was significant quadratic growth in wellbeing (-1.248; < 0.001) that varied between genders ( = 0.021). At baseline, male wellbeing scores were significantly lower ( = 0.020) than the UK population norm, but there were no significant differences at any other follow-up point. Female wellbeing was significantly lower than the UK population norm at baseline ( < 0.001), FU1 ( = 0.012) and FU2 ( < 0.001), but not FU3 and FU4.
therapeutic community gardening can improve and maintain the wellbeing of individuals with mental illness, even when wellbeing is deteriorating nationally. Future research should further demonstrate the long-term and cost-effectiveness of interventions.
关于治疗性社区园艺对心理健康益处的文献并非专门针对患有精神疾病的个体，且报告的结果为短期结果。冠状病毒大流行对干预效果的影响也尚不清楚。本研究考察了在大流行之前和期间进行治疗性社区园艺对寻求精神疾病支持的个体的幸福感的影响。
花园成员（n=53；男性=36，女性=17）的年龄为 47.38±13.09 岁，在大流行期间的基线和四个随访点（FU1-FU4）报告了他们的幸福感。
幸福感呈显著的二次增长（-1.248；<0.001），且在性别之间存在差异（=0.021）。在基线时，男性的幸福感得分明显低于英国人口常模（=0.020），但在其他任何随访点均无显著差异。女性的幸福感在基线时明显低于英国人口常模（<0.001），在 FU1（=0.012）和 FU2（<0.001）时也低于英国人口常模，但在 FU3 和 FU4 时则没有。
治疗性社区园艺可以改善和维持患有精神疾病的个体的幸福感，即使在全国幸福感恶化的情况下也是如此。未来的研究应进一步证明干预措施的长期和成本效益。
