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A Feasibility Study to Determine Whether the Botanical Garden Become a Region of Forest Therapy for Cancer Survivors

NCT06001723 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-06-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The forest healing system is an important topic of alternative therapy in recent years. To investigates forest therapy's effectiveness in alleviating negative emotions among post-cancer patients. It compares therapy outcomes at Taipei Botanical Garden and Fushan Botanical Garden. Utilizing a pretest-posttest experimental design, a two-hour guided forest healing activity serves as the intervention method. Data collection involves instrumental tests and saliva samples.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Forest Therapy

Forest healing activities are guided by professionals, allowing participants to engage in a two-hour sensory experience within the forest environment. This includes activities such as stacking leaves and stones, closing their eyes to listen to sounds, engaging in physical stretches, blindfolded tree identification, connecting with tree companions, creating earth mandalas, and partaking in tea ceremonies and sharing insights.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Taipei City Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Chung-Hua Hsu, MD. PHD. · Branch of Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
36 Years
Max Age
82 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-04
Primary Completion
2023-01-20
Completion
2023-01-20

Countries

  • Taiwan

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