Actual and Virtual Parks Benefit Quality of Life and Physical Activity: A Cluster Trial.

ABSTRACT: Urban parks provide connectedness to nature as a health resilience environment for promoting health. Virtual reality can provide opportunities for urban citizens to be exposed to natural elements with health benefits. The purpose was to explore the effects of actual and virtual parks on the quality of life and physical activity of urban residents. The study design was a cluster trial. Participants were healthy adults aged 20-50 years, recruited from three college campuses, and randomly assigned to two experimental groups (n = 30, 32) and one control group (n = 30). The intervention with virtual or actual parks was conducted for 30 min a session once a week for 12 weeks. Outcomes were measured using self-reported questionnaires, including the World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale-

SUBMITTER: Yen HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329433 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature