The Effect of Urban Gardening Activities on Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Middle-Aged Women

• 발행기관: 인간식물환경학회
• 저자명: Young-Bin Jung Hyung-Kwon Yun In-Chang Son Se-Na Choi Kwan Jeong Song
• 간행물 정보: 『인간식물환경학회지(JPPE)』제27권 제4호, 247~257쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 자연과학 > 자연과학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.08.31

국문 초록

Background and objective: Sleep disorders in middle-aged women are said to be related to stress and physical andpsychological symptoms of menopause (Chung and Tang, 2006). Therefore, it is necessary to prepare appropriateintervention measures to promote health in middle-aged women. This study empirically examined the effects of urbangardening activities on the health promotion of middle-aged women and sought the development and applicability of urbangardening programs. Methods: Among middle-aged women in their 40s-50s who had no prior experience with urban gardening, 20 womenwere in the experimental group participating in the urban gardening program for 12 weeks, and 20 women were in thecontrol group not participating in the program. Results: As a result of comparing the physical activity(IPAQ) between the experimental group and the control groupaccording to participation in urban gardening, the experimental group showed an increase from 2663.50 MET-minute/week before participation in the program to 3675.45 MET-minute/week after participation, while the control group showeda decrease from 3297.90 MET-minute/week to 2830.98 MET-minute/week, but there was no statistically significantdifference. As a result of analyzing the change in the stress index(PSS), the experimental group showed a decrease from15.3 before participation in the program to 12.05 after participation, whereas the control group showed an increase from13 to 14.5, but this was not statistically significant. For sleep quality (PSQI), the experimental group showed an increasefrom 6.25 before participation in the program to 5.15 after participation, whereas the control group showed an increasefrom 6.45 to 6.55, but there was not statistically significant difference. Conclusion: The results of this study empirically confirmed that urban gardening activities can contribute to improving thephysical activity and sleep quality of middle-aged women. In the future, these findings will help develop and apply healthcare programs for middle-aged women using urban gardening activities.

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insomnia sleep stress urban gardening