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  • 标题:Community Gardens as Health Promoters: Effects on Mental and Physical Stress Levels in Adults with and without Mental Disabilities
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  • 作者:Dewi, Nugrahaning Sani ; Komatsuzaki, Masakazu ; Yamakawa, Yuriko
  • 期刊名称:Sustainability
  • 印刷版ISSN:2071-1050
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:9
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:1-17
  • 出版社:MDPI, Open Access Journal
  • 摘要:The study focuses on psychological and physical effects of stress while performing community garden activities of various intensity levels. The aim of this study was to determine the psychological and physical effects in adults with (case group) and without (control group) mental disabilities. Salivary α-amylase (sAA) levels and the stress response scale (SRS-18) were used for the psychological analysis ( n = 42). For physical assessment ( n = 13), electrocardiogram (ECG), surface electromyogram (sEMG), and respiration rate were continuously measured while performing the activities using a multichannel telemetry system. The results showed that following the activities, the case group exhibited decreasing sAA levels while control group exhibited increasing sAA levels. However, both groups exhibited lower SRS-18 results following the activities. Compared with the control group, the case group had a significantly lower increase in the ratio of the heart rate (IRHR) (5.5%) during low-intensity work (filling pots with soil), but a significantly higher IRHR (16.7%) during high-intensity work (turning over soil). The case group experienced significantly higher levels of fatigue during high-intensity work (digging) than during the rest condition. These findings indicate that appropriate workload allocation, according to health, is necessary in the community garden setting because reducing the intensity of work assignments for people with mental disabilities will reduce their physical stress.
  • 关键词:community gardens; mental disabilities; psychological stress; physical stress; salivary α-amylase; SRS-18; ECG; sEMG; breathing rate
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