Additive Benefits of Twice Forest Bathing Trips in Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
;
(12): 159-162, 2018.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Chronic heart failure (CHF), a clinical syndrome resulting from the consequences of various cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), is increasingly becoming a global cause of morbidity and mortality. We had earlier demonstrated that a 4-day forest bathing trip can provide an adjunctive therapeutic influence on patients with CHF. To further investigate the duration of the impact and the optimal frequency of forest bathing trips in patients with CHF, we recruited those subjects who had experienced the first forest bathing trip again after 4 weeks and randomly categorized them into two groups, namely, the urban control group (city) and the forest bathing group (forest). After a second 4-day forest bathing trip, we observed a steady decline in the brain natriuretic peptide levels, a biomarker of heart failure, and an attenuated inflammatory response as well as oxidative stress. Thus, this exploratory study demonstrated the additive benefits of twice forest bathing trips in elderly patients with CHF, which could further pave the way for analyzing the effects of such interventions in CVDs.
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Main subject:
Recreation
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Therapeutics
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Blood
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Complementary Therapies
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Forests
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Chronic Disease
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Interleukin-6
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Treatment Outcome
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Oxidative Stress
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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