本研究採取量化研究,檢視癌症病患參與園藝治療前後在情緒與生活品質之立即效益,以及治療活動結束後之持續效益。園藝治療活動設計六週療程,每週一次、每次兩小時。效益評估方法採問卷調查法,於活動前後實施前測與後測;並於活動結束後進行每隔三個月之電話訪談,持續追蹤一年。結果顯示六週園藝治療即可立即改善癌症病患之愉悅和激發情緒,但無法立即改善生活品質。後續自行參與之次數隨時間下降。園藝治療後癌症病患對園藝活動態度更趨正面,且態度越正面者後續自行參與率越高。園藝治療後對癌友之情緒激發效益可持續六至九個月,但亦無法促進後續之生活品質。此結果實證園藝治療作為身心醫療對癌症病患之情緒效益。
This study used quantitative method to evaluate the immediated and continued benefits of horticultural therapy(HT) on the mood and life quality of cancer patients. The HT was designed a six-week program which participants attended once a week for 2 hrours. The questionnaire survay was adopted in the pretest and postest evaluation of HT. Four times of 1-year follow-up test was conducted by telephone interview every three months. The results showed that this six-week HT program significantly improved patients' mood of pleasure and arousal. But, there is no effect on quality of life. The attitude toward horticultural activity became more positive after the six-week HT. Patients with more positive attitudes toward horticultural activity engaged in activity more frequently in the follow-up period. The mood benefit of arousal lasted six to nine month after the six-week HT. There is also no effect on quality of life in the follow-up period. This paper provides empirical data to support the mood benefit of HT program as mind-body medicine for cancer patients.
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