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Effect of Horticultural Therapy on Activities of Daily Living and Interpersonal Relation of Institutionalized Intellectual Disabilities  

Park, Hyung-Wook (Horticulture Environmentology, Jeju National Univ.)
Kim, Hong-Yul (Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National Univ.)
Huh, Moo-Ryong (Dept. of Horticulture, Gyeongsang National Univ.)
Son, Beung-Gu (Dept. of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National Univ.)
Lim, Ki-Byung (School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National Univ.)
Park, Woo-Chung (Agricultural Technology Center of Busan Metropolitan City)
So, In-Sup (Horticulture Environmentology, Jeju National Univ.)
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Journal of agriculture & life science / v.46, no.3, 2012 , pp. 11-17 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to clarify the effect of horticultural therapy on activities of daily living and interpersonal relation of institutionalized intellectual disabilities. The experiment was performed with 8 controls and 8 experiments of J institution in Yongdam, Jeju. Horticultural therapy program was performed once a week for 2 hours total 20 times from Mar. 2009 through mid July 2009. Evaluation in activities of daily living indicated that all functions except eating showed no change or worsened in controls, however, all functions except moving were improved in experimental subjects. Interpersonal relation evaluation showed no difference from 42.25 to 42.25 in control, but increased 8.62 points from 41.75 to 50.37 showing very significant change at the level of 99% in experimental subjects. Group activity evaluation increased very significantly at the level of 99% in physical/perceptual abilities, social interaction, cognitive ability, emotion status, and vocational interests. From the above results, horticultural therapy proved effectively in activities of daily living and interpersonal relation of institutionalized intellectual disabilities.
Keywords
Horticultural therapy; Activities of daily living; Interpersonal relation;
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