The Analysis of Interests and Needs for the Development of Forest Therapy Program in Adults

Hee, Kim Youn; Kim, Dong‐Jun; Yeon, Poung-Sik; Choi, Byoung‐Joo

doi:10.34272/forest.2014.18.3.005

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“…29.9% (43 subjects) responded they preferred spring, 6.9% summer (10 subjects), 27.8% fall (40 subjects), 0.7% winter (1 subjects), and 34.7% responded that the season does not matter (50 subjects). In a previous study, the 20s preferred half a day and a day, and 30s-50s preferred overnight and half a day (Kim et al, 2014b), but in this study, 42.4% times a week, 3.5% (5 subjects) 4 times a week, 4.9% (7 subjects) 5 times a week, and 7.6% (11 subjects) every day (Table 4). An analysis on the visitor characteristics of healing forests showed that many visitors are satisfied with 2-4 hours of experience-based programs in the spring, but it is necessary to organize different programs depending on the disease (Kim et al, 2016b).…”

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“…Multiple-choice questions were used to determine the interest in forest healing among the subjects. 52.1% (75 subjects) went to a mountain or a forest once a week, 14.6% that surveyed the preference of adults in forest healing programs, men were more aware of forest healing than women, and most of whom experienced the programs were in their 50s, followed by 40s, 30s, and 20s (Kim et al, 2014b).…”

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“…A previous study stated that by gender, women preferred spring and men preferred fall, and by age, the 20s-30s preferred fall and the 40s-50s preferred spring; and since the sensitivity and emotions of the subjects all vary, the programs cannot be limited to just one season and instead must be differentiated by seasons (Kim et al, 2014b). As such, this study discovered that more women visited the forest than men and also more often, and that the subjects wanted to participate in the programs with their spouses or lovers.…”

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A Needs Analysis for the Development of Forest Healing Programs: Focusing on Cancer Patients

Lee

Park

2020

J. People Plants Environ

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Background and objective: Cancer is the number one cause of death in Korea, and it affects any part of the body regardless of gender and age. Forest healing is a treatment that maximizes the effect of treatment and improves the quality of life. This study aims to provide basic data for the development and implementation of differentiated forest healing programs for cancer patients based on the survey on their interest and needs for the programs. Methods: The subjects were those diagnosed with cancer from October 2018 to April 2019, and this study used 144 copies of the questionnaire retrieved. The sample size of this study (n = 144) was the appropriate size required by G-Power, and the collected responses were analyzed using SPSS 25.0. Results: In the frequency analysis on the interest in forest healing, 79.2% of the subjects had no experience participating in forest healing, but 87% were aware of it, and 82.6% showed the intention to participate in forest healing programs. This indicates that even though not many of them have experience participating in forest healing, they showed high interest and needs for participation. They preferred to participate in spring (29.9%) and fall (27.8%), in programs carried out for 1.5-2 hours in the morning on weekdays. Conclusion: This study has implications for the analysis on forest healing needs of cancer patients, and it is necessary to plan, develop, and implement differentiated forest healing programs that meet the needs of the cancer patients depending on their characteristics. There is also a need to plan forest healing program that can promote both psychological stability and physical health of cancer patients and verify and evaluate their effects based on specialized training of forest healing instructors.

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Section: Interest In Forest Healingmentioning

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A Needs Analysis for the Development of Forest Healing Programs: Focusing on Cancer Patients

Lee

Park

2020

J. People Plants Environ

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“…산림치유 프로그램 개발과 효과성 검증에 관한 연구는 활발히 진행된 반면, 산림치유 프로그램 개발을 위한 산림치유 수요자에 관한 요구분석에 대한 연구에 대한 관심은 최근의 일이다 (Kim, 2015). 산림치유 프로그램 개발을 위한 연구로 숲길 프로그램 개발 을 위한 이용객 특성 분석 (Son et al, 2012), 성인 산림치유 프로그 램 개발을 위한 관심도 및 요구도 분석 (Kim et al, 2014b), 산림치 유 프로그램 개발을 위한 일반 성인의 숲과 숲길의 선호도 분석 (Kim et al, 2014a) 등에 관한 연구가 있다.…”

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“…참여자에 대한 뚜렷한 분석 을 통해 맞춤형 산림치유 프로그램의 필요성이 강조되고 있다 (Lee et al, 2011;Seok and An, 2013). 잘 고안된 산림치유 프로그램이 필요하다 (Ha, 2014;Kim et al, 2014a;Kim et al, 2014b…”

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The Analysis of Needs regarding Forest Visit Frequency for the Development of Forest Therapy Program

Kim¹

2016

J. Korean Soc. People Plants Environ.

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Forest visiting frequency level is likely to indirectly affect the preferences and needs of the program. The forest visiting frequency degree is an important factor which can affect the development and conduct of the program. Therefore, forest needs analysis was conducted for the development of forest therapy program in accordance with the frequency of visits. First, after examining the frequency of forest visits degree according to demographic characteristics, the group of 217 people visiting the forest at least once a week or a month was classified as a high-frequency group. The group of 403 people visiting the forest at least once a quarter or a year and almost no visit was classified as a low-frequency group. The need difference according to the frequency of visits was analyzed through descriptive statistics analysis, frequency analysis, crosstabs by use of SPSS 21.0 program. The most important factors of Implementation period, season, paid the participation fee made differences depending on the frequency of visit. This study, as an exploratory research, making us understand the needs related to forest healing program for the forest visit groups of high and low frequencies, will be an important basis for the development and operation of forest therapy program.

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Research Trends on the Effects of Forest Therapy in Korea and Ways to Improve the Level of Medical Evidence: A Scoping Review

Lee,

Joung,

Kwon

et al. 2023

J. People Plants Environ

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Background and objective: Studies on the effects of forest therapy are clinical research that reveals the effects suitable for the purpose of therapy by applying a forest therapy program, which is a complex intervention, to humans in various forest environments. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to find out the characteristics of existing studies on the effects of forest therapy and to suggest ways to improve the level of evidence for future research results. In this study, a scoping review was conducted to find out how studies on the effects of forest therapy were conducted based on the medical clinical research method in domestic studies on the effects of forest therapy.Methods: The scoping review utilized a procedure proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). A total of 564 studies were searched and 57 were used in the final analysis.Results: As a result of the analysis, only 1 study (1.8%) had a manual to reproduce the forest therapy program, and 56 studies (98.2%) reported only brief information on the program. As for the report on forest therapy environments, there were articles that mentioned some therapy environments, but none predicted the effects or reported about reproducibility. Among the reports on forest therapy environments, 21.1% reported about both forest and thermal environments, and 26.3% reported only about the forest environment.Conclusion: From the perspective of clinical research, the level of evidence for studies on the effects of forest therapy so far has been found to be very low, and methods for applying clinical research methods to improve this have been discussed. Clinical research is a prerequisite for verifying medical effects in order to raise the level of forest therapy from wellness to treatment support activities, and it must be actively utilized in the future.

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The Analysis of Interests and Needs for the Development of Forest Therapy Program in Adults

Cited by 11 publications

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A Needs Analysis for the Development of Forest Healing Programs: Focusing on Cancer Patients

A Needs Analysis for the Development of Forest Healing Programs: Focusing on Cancer Patients

The Analysis of Needs regarding Forest Visit Frequency for the Development of Forest Therapy Program

Research Trends on the Effects of Forest Therapy in Korea and Ways to Improve the Level of Medical Evidence: A Scoping Review

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