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Int J Environ Res Public Health

Title:		Comparative Study of the Restorative Effects of Forest and Urban Videos during COVID-19 Lockdown: Intrinsic and Benchmark Values
Author(s):		Zabini F; Albanese L; Becheri FR; Gavazzi G; Giganti F; Giovanelli F; Gronchi G; Guazzini A; Laurino M; Li Q; Marzi T; Mastorci F; Meneguzzo F; Righi S; Viggiano MP;
Address:		"Institute for Bioeconomy, National Research Council, 10 Via Madonna del Piano, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy. Pian dei Termini Forest Therapy Station, 2311 Via Pratorsi, I-51028 San Marcello Piteglio, Italy. Section of Psychology-Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child's Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy. Department of Education, Languages, Intercultural Studies, Literatures, and Psychology (FORLILPSI), University of Florence, 12 Via di San Salvi, I-50135 Firenze, Italy. Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, 1 Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, I-56124 Pisa, Italy. Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine-Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. Central Scientific Committee, Italian Alpine Club, 19 Via E. Petrella, I-20124 Milano, Italy"
Journal Title:		Int J Environ Res Public Health
Year:		2020
Volume:		20201030
Issue:		21
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/ijerph17218011
ISSN/ISBN:		1660-4601 (Electronic) 1661-7827 (Print) 1660-4601 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The prolonged lockdown imposed to contain the COrona VIrus Disease 19 COVID-19 pandemic prevented many people from direct contact with nature and greenspaces, raising alarms for a possible worsening of mental health. This study investigated the effectiveness of a simple and affordable remedy for improving psychological well-being, based on audio-visual stimuli brought by a short computer video showing forest environments, with an urban video as a control. Randomly selected participants were assigned the forest or urban video, to look at and listen to early in the morning, and questionnaires to fill out. In particular, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Form Y collected in baseline condition and at the end of the study and the Part II of the Sheehan Patient Rated Anxiety Scale (SPRAS) collected every day immediately before and after watching the video. The virtual exposure to forest environments showed effective to reduce perceived anxiety levels in people forced by lockdown in limited spaces and environmental deprivation. Although significant, the effects were observed only in the short term, highlighting the limitation of the virtual experiences. The reported effects might also represent a benchmark to disentangle the determinants of health effects due to real forest experiences, for example, the inhalation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC)"
Keywords:		"Adult Aged Anxiety/epidemiology Benchmarking Betacoronavirus Covid-19 Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology/*psychology Female *Forests Humans Mental Health/*statistics & numerical data Middle Aged *Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology/psychology Quarant;"
Notes:		"MedlineZabini, Federica Albanese, Lorenzo Becheri, Francesco Riccardo Gavazzi, Gioele Giganti, Fiorenza Giovanelli, Fabio Gronchi, Giorgio Guazzini, Andrea Laurino, Marco Li, Qing Marzi, Tessa Mastorci, Francesca Meneguzzo, Francesco Righi, Stefania Viggiano, Maria Pia eng Randomized Controlled Trial Switzerland 2020/11/05 Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 30; 17(21):8011. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218011"