Horticultural Therapy Reduces Biomarkers of Immunosenescence and Inflammaging in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Feasibility Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the challenges that aging populations pose to health care, interventions that facilitate alleviation of age-related morbidities are imperative. A prominent risk factor for developing age-related morbidities is immunosenescence, characterized by increased chronic low-grade inflammation, resulting in T-cell exhaustion and senescence. Contact with nature and associated physical activities have been shown to boost immunity in older adults and may be promoted in the form of horticultural therapy (HT). We aimed to examine the effects of HT on immunosenescence.

Method

We conducted a randomized controlled trial with 59 older adults assigned to either the HT intervention or waitlist control group. Older adults in the HT intervention group underwent HT intervention pro

SUBMITTER: Wong GCL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7812436 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature