Sammanfattning

Sick leave due to stress-related disorders is increasing in Sweden after a period of decrease. To avoid that individuals living under heavy stress develop more severe stress-related disorders, different stress management interventions are offered. Self-assessed health, burnout-scores and well-being are commonly used as outcome measures. Few studies have used sick-leave to compare effects of stress interventions. A new approach is to use nature and garden in a multimodal stress management context. This study aimed to explore effects on burnout, work ability, stress-related health symptoms, and sick leave for 33 women participating in a 12-weeks nature based stress management course and to investigate how the nature/garden activities were experienced. A mixed method approach was used. Measures were taken at course start and three follow-ups. Results showed decreased burnout-scores and long-term sick leaves, and increased work ability; furthermore less stress-related symptoms were reported. Tools and strategies to better handle stress were achieved and were widely at use at all follow-ups. The garden and nature content played an important role for stress relief and for tools and strategies to develop. The results from this study points to beneficial effects of using garden activities and natural environments in a stress management intervention.

Nyckelord

nature-based therapy; garden activities; sleep quality; burnout; exhaustion disorder

Publicerad i

International journal of environmental research and public health
2014, Volym: 11, nummer: 6, sidor: 6586-6611
Utgivare: MDPI AG

SLU författare

• Sahlin, Eva

  • Institutionen för människa och samhälle, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Grahn, Patrik

  • Institutionen för människa och samhälle, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

Naturupplevelser och hälsa


Globala målen

SDG5 Uppnå jämställdhet och alla kvinnors och flickors egenmakt
SDG3 Säkerställa hälsosamma liv och främja välbefinnande för alla i alla åldrar
SDG8 Verka för varaktig, inkluderande och hållbar ekonomisk tillväxt, full och produktiv sysselsättning med anständiga arbetsvillkor för alla


UKÄ forskningsämne

Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi
Landskapsarkitetktur


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110606586

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/61101