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Urban Care Farming on Living Well and Productive Engagement of Older Adults

NCT06277583 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 137

Last updated 2026-01-23

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Summary

The goal of the randomized controlled trials is to learn about the effects of urban farming interventions on older adults' physical, mental, and social well-being of older adults aged 50 to 85 years. The main questions the study aims to answer are Q1. Would participants who have undergone the urban care farming intervention have lower stress levels compared to those who did not undergo the intervention? Q2. Would the quality of life and biopsychosocial factors of older adults who participate in the urban farming interventions be better before the intervention and compared to those who did not participate? Q3. Would running intervention programs as such demonstrate cost-effectiveness? Participants will be enrolled in 24 weekly lessons providing hands-on urban farming techniques, including physical activity, planting, and social interactions. Researchers will compare older participants with similar demographic profile to determine if the biological, psychological, and social factors are better for the intervention group.

Conditions

  • Stress, Psychological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Urban care farming

An intervention curriculum has been designed using horticulture therapy combined with urban farming techniques. The sessions will use plants and interaction with nature to engage and rehabilitate participants. Both the intervention and control group participants will undergo the intervention. But the intervention group will start with the urban care farming intervention first, and the control group will follow once the intervention group completes the program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Chen, PhD · National University of Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-15
Primary Completion
2025-04-25
Completion
2025-05-22

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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