Tokyo, Oct. 18 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059441) titled 'The Effectiveness of Forest Bathing in Improving Mood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis' on Oct. 17.
Study Type:
Others,meta-analysis etc
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Nippon Medical School
Condition:
Condition - Not specified
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - this study aims to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of forest bathing in improving mood among adults.
Basic objectives2 - Others
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 18
years-old
=18 years), and the intervention involved forest bathing, forest therapy, or Shinrin-yoku conducted in natural forest environments. Eligible studies were required to include a control group such as an urban walk, and to report quantitative data on psychological outcomes, including stress, mood, wellbeing, or anxiety, that could be accessed as continuous variables (mean, standard deviation, and sample size).
Key exclusion criteria - Studies were excluded if they involved self-controlled, crossover, or single-arm designs without independent control groups, or if data necessary for meta-analysis were incomplete or unavailable. In addition, non-original articles, such as narrative reviews, editorials, or commentaries, were excluded from the analysis.
Target Size - 100
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - No longer recruiting
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 09 Month 28 Day
Date of IRB - 2025 Year 09 Month 30 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 10 Month 17 Day
Last follow-up date - 2025 Year 11 Month 30 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000067979
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
