This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a forest bathing intervention for people living with dementia and their family carers, and examined its effectivness on care burden and quality of life by comparing to an art activty programme as control group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
107
Forest bathing intervention is a group structured psychosocial intervention. Its core therapeutic element is its nature-based activities that took place in an outdoor green space. During the session, participants would be guided by a trained forest therapy guide to engage in nature-based activities, such as walking in the woods, listening to the nature, and interacting with objects in the nature through different sensations.
Art activity intervention is a group semi-structured psychosocial intervention. Its main therapeutic element is its engagement in art-based activites. During the session, participants would be guided in individual or collaborative art activities of different forms, such as painting, paper arts, and dried flower art, by an experienced interventionist in an activity room.
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Change in Caregiver's Care Burden measured by 12-item version of Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12)
Possible range: 0-48, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks
Change in Caregiver's Depressive Symptoms measured by the Depression subscale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D)
Possible range: 0-21, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks
Change in Caregiver's Anxiety Symptoms measured by the Anxiety subscale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A)
Possible range: 0-21, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks
Change in Caregiver's Positive Aspect of Caregiving measured by the Positive Aspect of Caregiving Scale (PACS)
Possible range: 11-55, with higher scores indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks
Change in Caregiver's Caregiving Self-Efficacy measured by the Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy (CSE-R)
Possible range: 0-100, with higher scores indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks
Change in Caregiver's Health-related Quality of Life measured by the Visual Analogue Scale of EuroQol 5-dimension 5-level (EQ5D5L VAS)
Possible range: 0-100, with higher scores indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks
Change in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Person Living with Dementia measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory - Questionnaire (NPI-Q)
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Possible range: 0-12, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks
Change in Health-related Quality of Life of Person Living with Dementia measured by the Visual Analogue Scale of EuroQol 5-dimension 5-level (EQ5D5L VAS)
Possible range: 0-100, with higher scores indicate a better outcome
Time frame: Baseline and 6 weeks