Clinical trials: Gardening
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
The Community Garden Health Block
The goals of this community-based clinical trial are to examine the association between community garden participation and 1) fruit and vegetable intake (primary outcome) and 2) access to healthy food (secondary outcome) among…
- Trial name
- NCT06455215
- Testing
- Community garden activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Childhood Obesity
Summer Harvest Adventure: A Garden-based Obesity Prevention Program for Children Residing in Low-resource Communities
The objective of this study is to implement and test the efficacy of the "Summer Harvest Adventure," a comprehensive garden-based behavioral, social, and environmental intervention for children (ages 8-11 years) residing in…
- Trial name
- SHA (NCT05367674)
- Testing
- Summer Harvest Adventure, My Summer Plate (MSP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Central Nervous System Disease, Cerebrovascular Accident
Brain Processing of Language Meanings
This research trial will study discourse processing-that is, how the brain processes the meaning of language. It will examine, for example, how words and sentences are interpreted in cases where more than one meaning is possible.
- Conditions
- Central Nervous System Disease, Cerebrovascular Accident, Craniocerebral Trauma, Head Injury
- Trial name
- NCT00005004
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Food Insecurity, Obesity Prevention
Effects of an Urban-gardening Nutrition Intervention for Food Insecure College Students
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an urban gardening nutrition education program can have positive health effects on food insecure college students.
- Trial name
- UGNIFICS (NCT06822803)
- Testing
- Gardening Nutrition Education Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Elderly Person
Gardening Activities for the Elderly Psychological Well-Being and Depression
Purpose of the Study: This research will be conducted to determine the effects of gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes on psychological well-being and depression.
- Trial name
- NCT05256680
- Testing
- Gardening Activities
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
Anxiety, Depression
Health Benefits of Gardening
The objective of the research is to test the hypothesis that participating in group-based gardening or group-based art activities may alter the mental health and cardiac physiological status of a wellness population of women ages…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Healthy, Mood Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT03266120
- Testing
- Art, Gardening
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Stress, Depression
Effect of Gardening on Brain Activity
The objective of the research is to test the hypothesis that participating in group-based gardening activities alters brain network activation and function, and that such change occurring in the brain forms the neurobiological…
- Conditions
- Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT02225847
- Testing
- Gardening, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), psychometric assessments
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Sustainable Lifestyles
Community Gardens Participation in Promoting Sustainable Lifestyles in Urban Settings: the JArDinS Study
The JArDinS study is a quasi-experimental research that aimed at assessing the impact of community garden participation (a natural experiment) in the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles.
- Trial name
- NCT03694782
- Testing
- Food diary supply, Actigraph, Questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Gut Microbiome
Garden-fresh Foods and Gut Microbiomes
The purpose of this research is to explore what types of microbes are present on garden-fresh versus store-bought fruits and vegetables, as well as how they might affect the human gut microbiome.
- Trial name
- GFF (NCT06506786)
- Testing
- Garden-fresh Produce, Supermarket Produce
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Alzheimer Disease
Effects of Enriched Gardens in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
Comparing the effect of the frequentation of an enriched garden vs sensory conventional garden by nursing home residents with Alzheimer disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04903171
- Testing
- INCENTIVE VISITING A GARDEN : ENRICHED OR CONVENTIONAL SENSORY GARDEN
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RIVAGES
Melanoma, Cancer Survivorship
Mentored Community Gardening for Individuals With Skin Cancer
The investigators will conduct a single-arm pilot feasibility trial of mentored community gardening for melanoma survivors integrating dosimeters and accelerometers.
- Conditions
- Melanoma, Cancer Survivorship, Skin Cancer, Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Trial name
- H4H2-AZ (NCT05648604)
- Testing
- Mentored Community Gardening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Diet Modification, Physical Activity
Denver Garden Environment and Microbiome Study Disease
An interdisciplinary team with extensive garden study experience conducted a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial to see whether gardening reduced risk factors for diseases like cancer and heart disease.
- Conditions
- Diet Modification, Physical Activity, Weight Gain, Chronic Disease
- Trial name
- DGEM (NCT03089151)
- Testing
- Community Garden Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Pediatric Obesity, Sedentary Behavior
Childcare Outdoor Learning Environments as Active Food Systems
The aim of this project is to assess the effectiveness of the fruit and vegetable (FV) gardening component of the Preventing Obesity by Design strategy to support preschool fresh fruit and vegetable knowledge, liking and…
- Trial name
- COLEAFS (NCT04864574)
- Testing
- Garden installation
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Hereditary Diseases
A Social Media Approach to Improve Genetic Risk Communication Phase I
The goal of this research study is to create an internet-based program designed to improve the communication of health and health history information among family members affected by Lynch syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT01645904
- Testing
- Audiotaped Focus Group, Demographic Questionnaire, Audiotaped Interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Obesity
A School-based Gardening Obesity Intervention for Low-income Minority Children
The investigators recently completed an NIH R21 grant, which was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the effects of a gardening, nutrition, and cooking program in 375 low-income Hispanic students living in Los Angeles.
- Trial name
- NCT02668744
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jaimie N. Davis
Cognition, Anxiety
Biopsychosocial Effects of Gardening Activities
Due to the increasing number of elderly population worldwide, elderly care is becoming increasingly important and the number of elderly in institutional care is increasing.
- Conditions
- Cognition, Anxiety, Depression, Life Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT06844084
- Testing
- Gardening Activity
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
Cardiovascular Diseases
Growing Healthy Hearts: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial to Test Gardening as an Intervention to Improve Health
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of group-based nutrition advice plus gardening (intervention) versus group-based nutrition advice alone on dietary intake of fruits and vegetables, physical activity, and lifetime…
- Trial name
- NCT04207268
- Testing
- Gardening and Nutrition Advice, Nutrition Advice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Subthreshold Depression
Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Horticultural Intervention for Older Adults With Subthreshold Depression in Nursing Homes
Subthreshold depression represents a state of psychological sub-health between normal individuals and clinical depression. It constitutes a high-risk stage for developing clinical depression and a critical phase for alleviating…
- Trial name
- NCT07275034
- Testing
- Virtual Reality-Based Horticultural Intervention System, routine health management
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fujian Medical University
Intellectual Disability, Quality of Life
The Effect of Gardening Activities on the Quality of Life of Students With Mild Intellectual Disability
This study will be conducted to determine the effect of gardening activities applied to mildly intellectually disabled secondary school students on their quality of life and to examine their views on these activities in depth.
- Trial name
- NCT07504874
- Testing
- Horticultural activity
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
Alzheimer Disease
What Elements of the Design of a Healing Garden Are Used as Landmarks by Patients With Alzheimer's Disease to Locate?
The disruption of spatial orientation is considered the second most common cognitive symptom of dementia, affecting nearly all activities of daily living.
- Trial name
- JAZ-TOP (NCT01692977)
- Testing
- neuropsychological assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France