Al Ghanim Shaan, Kaleta Branislav, Campbell Stephen, O'Keeffe Jimmy, Burke Jolanta
School of Medicine, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, 123 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, D02 YN77, Ireland.
Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, 123 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, D02 VN51, Ireland.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2025 Aug 29;47(3):499-510. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaf074.
With cardiovascular diseases being the leading cause of death globally, affecting an estimated 17.9 million people annually, Nature-Based Interventions (NBIs) offer promising emerging treatments to mitigate the impact of sedentary lifestyles, poor diets, stress, and other risk factors. This scoping review explored the potential benefits of NBIs on cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension or diabetes.
This scoping review adhered to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, using the APA PsycINFO, Medline, and Scopus databases, and included only peer-reviewed studies in English that focused on non-digital NBIs and cardiovascular or cardiometabolic disease.
The literature search included 254 articles, out of which 22 studies were included in the final review. The results indicate that NBIs, such as forest therapy, positively impact indicators of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases such as blood pressure or blood glucose.
The results of this scoping review are discussed in the context of policy and practice. Further research on the minimum effective dose and long-term potential of NBIs is required to optimize NBI use as adjunctive therapy.
心血管疾病是全球主要死因，每年估计影响1790万人，基于自然的干预措施（NBI）为减轻久坐生活方式、不良饮食、压力及其他风险因素的影响提供了有前景的新兴治疗方法。本范围综述探讨了NBI对心血管和心脏代谢疾病（如高血压或糖尿病）的潜在益处。
本范围综述遵循PRISMA-ScR指南，使用美国心理学会心理学文摘数据库、医学期刊数据库和Scopus数据库，且仅纳入以英文发表的、专注于非数字NBI以及心血管或心脏代谢疾病的同行评审研究。
文献检索共纳入254篇文章，其中22项研究纳入最终综述。结果表明，森林疗法等NBI对心血管和心脏代谢疾病指标（如血压或血糖）有积极影响。
本范围综述结果在政策和实践背景下进行了讨论。需要进一步研究NBI的最小有效剂量和长期潜力，以优化NBI作为辅助治疗的应用。
