Effects of Urban Afforestation Activity on Mental Health

NCT05362552 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AfforestAffect
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 152
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This single-group pretest-posttest clinical trial aims to evaluate the effects of a single-session afforestation activity on affect and vitality levels in a sample of young adults.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Green spaces; Nature-based activities; Urban afforestation; Horticultural therapy; Adults; Mental health; Affect; Vitality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Affect

  The Spanish adaptation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule will be utilised. Participants rate how they feel at the present moment on a five-point Likert scale, where "not at all or very slightly" is scored as 1 and "a lot" as 5. Scores of two 10-item subscales will be analysed separately in the analysis, labelled either as Positive Affect or Negative Affect. Higher scores in the Positive Affect subscale represent higher levels of positive affect and lower scores in the Negative Affect subscale represent lower levels of negative affect.

  Change from baseline affect after 90 minutes.

• Subjective Vitality

  The 6-item Spanish adaptation of the Subjective Vitality Scale will be utilised. Participants will transmit their levels of energy and aliveness at the present moment by rating the items on a seven-point Likert scale where 1 stands for "Not true at all" and 7 "Very true". The scores for each item will be summed up for statistical analyses. Higher scores indicate higher levels of energy and aliveness feeling.

  Change from baseline subjective vitality after 90 minutes.

Study Arms (1)

Urban Afforestation Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will perform an afforestation activity with a duration of 90 minutes.

Other: Urban Afforestation Program

Interventions

Urban Afforestation Program OTHER

An afforestation program based on land cultivation and transplantation of several plants for 90 minutes will be implemented.

Also known as: Nature-based activity, Afforestation activity

Urban Afforestation Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adults between 18 and 65 years.
• Any sex and gender.

You may not qualify if:

• Intake of any psychotropic medication.
• Other severe or medically unstable diseases that may interfere with participation.
• Severe cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination score \< 17 out of 30 points).
• Severe mental disorders in the acute phase or symptomatic phase.
• Severe intellectual disability.
• Behavioural alterations as this may interfere with their participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Granada: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Granada, Faculty of Health Sciences

Granada, 18071, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• José Manuel PÉREZ-MÁRMOL, PhD

  Associate Professor

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2022
• First Posted: May 5, 2022
• Study Start: May 9, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 20, 2022
• Study Completion: May 20, 2022
• Last Updated: May 23, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)