The aim of the VR-glass and Forest bathing IRL interventions at our workshop is to get a practical understanding and personal experience of how different landscape settings (environments) and intervention methods can affect you under Nature Based Interventions.
NATUREACH PROJECT GROUP - MOOD SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE WORKSHOP
Mean values (1-10 scale) of all participants before and after participating in a VR-glass intervention and a Forest bathing IRL intervention, respectively:
The purpose of this type of survey is to monitor changes in the Mood of persons that have experienced a stay in a specific environment.
This survey method was developed by Sonntag-Öström E, Nordin, M, Slunga Järvholm L, Lundell Y, Brännström R, Dolling A. 2011. Can the boreal forest be used for rehabilitation and recovery from stress-related exhaustion? A pilot study. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 26: 245-256.NATUREACH PROJECT GROUP - CHOSEN ENVIRONMENTS