Effects of Forest Therapy on Physical and Psychological Parameters in the General Population - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-90
SponsorCharite University, Berlin, Germany

About this trial

In recent years, nature and forest therapy has increasingly become the focus of medical research. Recent scientific findings indicate overall positive effects of nature and forest therapy on physical and mental health. In Asia and Australia, it has already been implemented as a public health concept of prevention and health promotion. The aim of the project is to replicate the experience gained in Asia over the last three decades on the physical and psychological effects of nature/forest therapy in the context of the German forest and to investigate it further scientifically.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Serious acute or chronic illness

Immobility or limitation of mobility due to orthopedic, neurologic, or other medical causes

Participation in another study

Serious mental illness

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Active forest therapy
  • Passive forest therapy

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups