The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study

Men with health problems refuse to participate in rehabilitation programmes and drop out of healthcare offerings more often than women. Therefore, a nature-based rehabilitation programme was tailored specific to men with mental health problems, and long-term illnesses. The rehabilitation programme c...

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Autores principales:	Simon Høegmark, Tonny Elmose Andersen, Patrik Grahn, Anna Mejldal, Kirsten K. Roessler
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Materias:	chronic diseases instoration long-term illnesses mental health NBMC method nature-based rehabilitation Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bc156ed3d39e43cca1548224bf2087422021-11-11T16:35:32ZThe Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study10.3390/ijerph1821114651660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/bc156ed3d39e43cca1548224bf2087422021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11465https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Men with health problems refuse to participate in rehabilitation programmes and drop out of healthcare offerings more often than women. Therefore, a nature-based rehabilitation programme was tailored specific to men with mental health problems, and long-term illnesses. The rehabilitation programme combines the use of nature, body, mind, and community spirit (NBMC) and is called the ‘Wildman Programme’. The presented study was designed as a matched-control study with an intervention group participating in the Wildman Programme (N = 114) compared to a control group receiving treatment as usual (N = 39). Outcomes were measured at baseline (T1), post-intervention (T2), and 6 months post-intervention (T3). The primary outcome was the participants’ quality of life measured by WHOQOL-BREF, which consists of four domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. The secondary outcomes were the level of stress measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the participants’ emotional experience in relation to nature, measured by the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS). The intervention group improved significantly in the physical and psychological WHOQOL-BREF domains and in PSS at both follow-ups. The participants’ interest in using nature for restoration increased significantly as well. The only detectable difference between the control group and the intervention group was in the WHOQOL-BREF physical domain at the 6-month follow-up. For further studies, we recommend testing the effect of the Wildman Programme in an RCT study.Simon HøegmarkTonny Elmose AndersenPatrik GrahnAnna MejldalKirsten K. RoesslerMDPI AGarticlechronic diseasesinstorationlong-term illnessesmental healthNBMC methodnature-based rehabilitationMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11465, p 11465 (2021)
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spellingShingle	chronic diseases instoration long-term illnesses mental health NBMC method nature-based rehabilitation Medicine R Simon Høegmark Tonny Elmose Andersen Patrik Grahn Anna Mejldal Kirsten K. Roessler The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study
description	Men with health problems refuse to participate in rehabilitation programmes and drop out of healthcare offerings more often than women. Therefore, a nature-based rehabilitation programme was tailored specific to men with mental health problems, and long-term illnesses. The rehabilitation programme combines the use of nature, body, mind, and community spirit (NBMC) and is called the ‘Wildman Programme’. The presented study was designed as a matched-control study with an intervention group participating in the Wildman Programme (N = 114) compared to a control group receiving treatment as usual (N = 39). Outcomes were measured at baseline (T1), post-intervention (T2), and 6 months post-intervention (T3). The primary outcome was the participants’ quality of life measured by WHOQOL-BREF, which consists of four domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. The secondary outcomes were the level of stress measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the participants’ emotional experience in relation to nature, measured by the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS). The intervention group improved significantly in the physical and psychological WHOQOL-BREF domains and in PSS at both follow-ups. The participants’ interest in using nature for restoration increased significantly as well. The only detectable difference between the control group and the intervention group was in the WHOQOL-BREF physical domain at the 6-month follow-up. For further studies, we recommend testing the effect of the Wildman Programme in an RCT study.
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author	Simon Høegmark Tonny Elmose Andersen Patrik Grahn Anna Mejldal Kirsten K. Roessler
author_facet	Simon Høegmark Tonny Elmose Andersen Patrik Grahn Anna Mejldal Kirsten K. Roessler
author_sort	Simon Høegmark
title	The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study
title_short	The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study
title_full	The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study
title_fullStr	The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study
title_full_unstemmed	The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study
title_sort	wildman programme—rehabilitation and reconnection with nature for men with mental or physical health problems—a matched-control study
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/bc156ed3d39e43cca1548224bf208742
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The Wildman Programme—Rehabilitation and Reconnection with Nature for Men with Mental or Physical Health Problems—A Matched-Control Study

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