Belinda C Goodwin, Sonja March, Leah Zajdlewicz, Richard H Osborne, Jeff Dunn, Suzanne K Chambers
Health literacy and the health status of men with prostate cancer
Psycho-oncology
effects three horticulturerelated activities hras including floral arranging planting flower pressing compared see influenced changes stress scale salivary cortisol concentrations scc maladjusted elementary school children twenty maladjusted elementary school children randomly assigned either experimental control group control group carried individual favorite indoor activities supervision teacher simultaneously ten children experimental group participated hra program consisting flower arrangement fa planting p flower pressing pf activities ten children control group take part nine sessions activities completed follows fafafa ppp pfpfpf session lasted 40 min took place week quantitative analysis salivary cortisol saliva collected experimental group one week hras immediately activities 9 consecutive weeks time session experimental group stress scores interpersonal relationship school life personal problems home life decreased hras 13 18 42 13 points respectively particular stress score school life significantly reduced p 001 addition investigation sccs children repeating hras three times found flower arrangement planting flower pressing activities reduced sccs 37 compared sccs prior taking part hras results indicate hras associated reduction stress levels maladjusted elementary school children