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

Hyelim Lee, Dawou Joung, Yong Jin Kwon, Bum-Jin Park
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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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韩国森林疗法效果的研究趋势和提高医学证据水平的途径:范围审查
背景与目的:森林治疗效果研究是指在不同的森林环境中,通过对人类实施森林治疗方案这一复杂的干预措施,揭示适合治疗目的的效果的临床研究。因此,本研究的目的是找出现有森林疗法效果研究的特点,并为未来的研究结果提出提高证据水平的方法。在本研究中,我们对森林疗法效果的研究进行了范围综述,了解在国内森林疗法效果研究中,基于医学临床研究方法的森林疗法效果研究是如何开展的。方法:采用乔安娜布里格斯研究所(JBI)提出的程序进行范围审查。共检索了564项研究,其中57项用于最终分析。结果:分析的结果是,只有1项研究(1.8%)有重现森林治疗方案的手册,56项研究(98.2%)仅报告了该方案的简要信息。关于森林治疗环境的报道,有文章提到了一些治疗环境,但没有预测效果或报道可重复性。在森林治疗环境报告中,21.1%的报告同时涉及森林和热环境,26.3%的报告仅涉及森林环境。结论:从临床研究的角度来看,目前森林疗法疗效研究的证据水平非常低,并探讨了应用临床研究方法改善这一状况的方法。临床研究是验证疗效的前提,是将森林治疗从健康活动提升到治疗支持活动水平的前提,今后必须积极利用临床研究。
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Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
Journal of People, Plants, and Environment Social Sciences-Urban Studies
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