Horticulture Therapy in Psychiatric RehabilitationNCT00912249
The Clinical Application of Horticulture Therapy in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
A study testing Horticulture Therapy in people with Horticulture Therapy in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, run by Far Eastern Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
Trial summary
Horticultural Therapy (HT) uses plants, gardening, and the close relationship between well-beings and plants. It integrates effort, hope, expectation, harvest and the enjoyment of whole process to help people with disabilities. During the process, patient can learn more about themselves and experience the nature. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Horticulture Therapy in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- What is being tested?
- Horticulture Therapy
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 30 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTaiwan
- Study dates
- Apr 2009to Dec 2009
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 18~65 both sexes
- Adequate daily function for horticultural activities
- Day care patients or referred from OPD
- Willing to accept and cooperate with H/T
Who cannot join
- Substance abuser or PD
- Severe suicide or harmful behaviors
- Severe physical problem impeding horticultural activities
- Lack of motivation for H/T
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Taiwan1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Banqiao District, 220
Chun-lin Chen, MD, MA, 886-2-89667000 ext. 4918, dbchen@hotmail.com
About this study
Horticultural Therapy (HT) uses plants, gardening, and the close relationship between well-beings and plants. It integrates effort, hope, expectation, harvest and the enjoyment of whole process to help people with disabilities. During the process, patient can learn more about themselves and experience the nature.
It can be traced to 1798, Dr. B. Rush found farm work helped people with mental illness. Today, horticulture therapy is well applied in disabilities, elderly and children. It needs detailed evaluation for the condition of illness to achieve optimal efficacy. It contains two parts- to sense and to operate! Patients can relax themselves and learn to work with others, realize the responsibility of caring another life, understand their relationship with environment. Patient can tolerate frustration better via acceptance the withered plants. In cultivation, it trains patient the occupational technique ( to operate instrument), communication, social skill, independence, stable mood.
Read more
Based on studies, 0ne third patients with mental illness stabilized after treatment. However, aggressive rehabilitation is necessary to maintain their function. In our study, it plans to incorporate horticulture therapy into psychiatric clinical practice in our hospital. We plan to recruit horticulture therapist, visiting staffs, residents, occupational therapists and nurses to participate the design and operation in class.
This program will recruit patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, organic brain syndrome and other mental illness in our daycare. We will help patients with personal treatment record. We will use case study to report some typical cases. All the cases will be investigated qualitatively with intensive interview to explore the subjective experience on this therapy. We will also use simple questionnaire to found quantitative study in the further.
To sum up, this program helps the connection for horticulture therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation. It promotes " patient-centered" support and offers physical, mental , social, spiritual services. It not only produces academic performance but fulfills the ideal of holistic health care!
- Being tested
- Horticulture Therapy
- Keywords
- Horticulture Therapy, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Nature-assisted psychotherapy, Day Care
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Horticulture TherapyBehavioural
We will design courses of Horticultural therapy to provide to the Patients in Day Care Unit
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Horticultural Therapy | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Horticulture Therapy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Qualitative interview and Questionnaire for satisfaction
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Jun 2009 (estimated)
- Study startApr 2009
- Primary completionDec 2009 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Horticulture Therapy in Psychiatric RehabilitationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Investigators
- Chun-lin Chen, MD, MA, Study director, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00912249
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 098019-3
- Status last verified
- Apr 2009
- First submitted
- 2 Jun 2009
- Last updated
- 3 Jun 2009
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Jun 2009. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Clinical Application of Horticulture Therapy in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00912249
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 098019-3
- Keywords
- Horticulture Therapy, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Nature-assisted psychotherapy, Day Care
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Apr 2009
- Primary completion
- Dec 2009 (estimated)
- First posted
- 3 Jun 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Horticultural Therapy (HT) uses plants, gardening, and the close relationship between well-beings and plants. It integrates effort, hope, expectation, harvest and the enjoyment of whole process to help people with disabilities. During the process, patient can learn more about themselves and experience the nature.
It can be traced to 1798, Dr. B. Rush found farm work helped people with mental illness. Today, horticulture therapy is well applied in disabilities, elderly and children. It needs detailed evaluation for the condition of illness to achieve optimal efficacy. It contains two parts- to sense and to operate! Patients can relax themselves and learn to work with others, realize the responsibility of caring another life, understand their relationship with environment. Patient can tolerate frustration better via acceptance the withered plants. In cultivation, it trains patient the occupational technique ( to operate instrument), communication, social skill, independence, stable mood.
Based on studies, 0ne third patients with mental illness stabilized after treatment. However, aggressive rehabilitation is necessary to maintain their function. In our study, it plans to incorporate horticulture therapy into psychiatric clinical practice in our hospital. We plan to recruit horticulture therapist, visiting staffs, residents, occupational therapists and nurses to participate the design and operation in class.
This program will recruit patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, organic brain syndrome and other mental illness in our daycare. We will help patients with personal treatment record. We will use case study to report some typical cases. All the cases will be investigated qualitatively with intensive interview to explore the subjective experience on this therapy. We will also use simple questionnaire to found quantitative study in the further.
To sum up, this program helps the connection for horticulture therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation. It promotes " patient-centered" support and offers physical, mental , social, spiritual services. It not only produces academic performance but fulfills the ideal of holistic health care!
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Horticultural Therapy | Experimental | Behavioral: Horticulture Therapy |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- 18~65 both sexes
- Adequate daily function for horticultural activities
- Day care patients or referred from OPD
- Willing to accept and cooperate with H/T
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Substance abuser or PD
- Severe suicide or harmful behaviors
- Severe physical problem impeding horticultural activities
- Lack of motivation for H/T
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Horticulture TherapyWe will design courses of Horticultural therapy to provide to the Patients in Day Care Unit | Behavioural | Horticultural Therapy |
Primary outcome
Qualitative interview and Questionnaire for satisfaction
Time frame: 1 year
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Jun 2009.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Chun-lin Chen, MD, MA study director
Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Horticulture Therapy in people with Horticulture Therapy in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, run by Far Eastern Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Jun 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Chun-lin Chen, MD, MA (886-2-89667000 ext. 4918, dbchen@hotmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Qualitative interview and Questionnaire for satisfaction (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Jun 2009.