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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.10.4394

Effects of Horticulture Therapy on Depression and Stress in Patient of Hospice Unit  

Kwon, Yun-Hee (Department of Nursing, Taegu Science University)
Song, Mi-Ok (Department of Nursing, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital)
Kim, Chung-Nam (College of Nursing, Keimyung University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.10, 2011 , pp. 4394-4402 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study was done to examine the effects of horticulture therapy on depression and stress in patient of hospice unit. The subjects of this study were hospice patient in D hospital in D city, thirty hospice patient were assigned to experimental group, thirty hospice patient were assigned to control group. Data were collected from April 29, 2009 to July 26, 2009. Horticulture therapy program consisted of indoor and outdoor horticultural activities. The horticulture therapy was conducted 30 minutes, 6 times a week for 3 weeks (a total 18 times). Measures were depression, and stress by serum cortisol count. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test and t-test with SPSS/WIN 17.0 version. The results of this study was patients in the experimental group receiving Horticulture therapy had a significant difference in changes of depression between the experimental group and control group. The study results indicate that horticulture therapy is an effective, palliative intervention program to improve the depression and stress of hospice patients.
Keywords
Horticulture therapy; Hospice; Depression; Stress;
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