Gardening is beneficial for health: A meta-analysis
The University of Tokyo · University of Exeter · +1 more institution
Abstract
There is increasing evidence that gardening provides substantial human health benefits. However, no formal statistical assessment has been conducted to test this assertion. Here, we present the results of a meta-analysis of research examining the effects of gardening, including horticultural therapy, on health. We performed a literature search to collect studies that compared health outcomes in control (before participating in gardening or non-gardeners) and treatment groups (after participating in gardening or gardeners) in January 2016. The mean difference in health outcomes between the two groups was calculated for each study, and then the weighted effect size determined both across all and sets of subgroup…
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- 16.91
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- 100%
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3Topics & keywords
- Meta-analysis
- Subgroup analysis
- Publication bias
- Medicine
- Public health
- Gerontology
- Demography
- Psychology