• 제목/요약/키워드: Healing environment

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Changes in the Saliva Cortisol Concentration and Blood Pressure of Patients with High Blood Pressure and Diabetes After Participating in Agro-healing Activities

  • Jang, Hye Sook;Yoo, Eunha;Jeong, Sun-Jin;Kim, Jae Soon;Gim, Gyung Mee;Ryu, Doo Young
    • 인간식물환경학회지
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    • 제22권5호
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    • pp.445-454
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    • 2019
  • This study was conducted to find out physical changes in the blood pressure and saliva cortisol of patients with high blood pressure and diabetes after participating in agro-healing activities. The saliva cortisol and blood pressure of 14 males and females aged 49.79±10.48 on average were measured after participating in agro-healing activities. The saliva collection system was used, and their satisfaction level for the program was also surveyed. Changes in the values before and after participating in the agro-healing activities were compared and analyzed. The cortisol concentration, a stress hormone, was reduced from 6.76nmol/L before the program to 4.86nmol/L after the program, down by 1.9nmol/L, which was a statistically significant difference (z=-3.170, p<.01). In addition, the cortisol concentration was gradually reduced through the entire program from Session 1 to Session 7. Changes in the blood pressure of subjects before and after participating in agro-healing activities were examined, and the total systolic and diastolic blood pressure continuously decreased after participating in agro-healing activities through the entire program from Session 1 to Session 7. Their systolic blood pressure was reduced statistically significantly (z=-1.947, p<.05). Also, participants' satisfaction was analyzed and it was found that more than 95% of participants answered 'satisfied' and 'very satisfied' with agro-healing activities. Therefore, these results indicate that agro-healing activities performed in the healing-farm had a positive impact on the cortisol concentration and blood pressure of patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. In addition, their high satisfaction for this program seemed to improve the psychological and physiological conditions of subjects.

Effects of an Agro-Healing Activity Program on the Physiological Condition of Adults with Chronic Metabolic Diseases

  • Jang, Hye Sook;Yoo, Eunha;Jeong, Sun-Jin;Kim, Jae Soon;Ryu, Doo Young
    • 인간식물환경학회지
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    • 제22권4호
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    • pp.355-364
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    • 2019
  • This study was conducted to find out the effects of agro-healing activities and strolling on the physiological conditions of patients with chronic metabolic diseases. A total of 11 subjects participated in agro-healing activities, and their average age was 49.6±11.3. Changes in their salivary cortisol were compared and analyzed before and after participating in the agro-healing activity program, and it was found that the stress hormone decreased after participating in the program. Differences in brain wave between before and after participating in agro-healing activities and strolling were measured, and the ratio of alpha to high beta (RAHB) of subjects increased in most of the measured points after participating in agro-healing activities. In addition, the increase in the value in the temporal lobe (T3) that controls mortor skills and occipital lobe (O2) that controls visual functions indicates that the activities were effective in improving relaxation and stability. The relative low beta (RLB) power spectrum of subjects also statistically significantly decreased in the right occipital lobe (O2) that controls visual functions, the relative mid beta (RMB) and relative high beta (RHB) power spectrum decreased in the left temporal lobe (T3) and the right occipital lobe (O2). These results indicate that the activities were effective in improving relaxation under no stress and tension. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure of subjects after participating in agro-healing activities decreased from the prehypertension level to the normal level. These results indicate that horticultural activities and visual elements in healing farms, such as agro-healing activities and strolling, have positive impacts on patients with chronic metabolic diseases accompanied with diabetes or high blood pressure by increasing the brain activity and psycho-physiological conditions of participants.

공동주택에서 치유조경계획을 위한 가이드라인 연구 (A Study on the Design Guidelines of Healing Landscape in Housing Complexes)

  • 천현우;이시영
    • 한국조경학회지
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    • 제44권5호
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    • pp.26-37
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 공동주택단지를 대상으로 하여 외부의 조경공간을 통해 치유환경을 제공하여 치유기능을 높이기 위한 조경계획방안을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구를 통해 지속적으로 늘어나고 있는 집합주거공간의 외부공간 조성에 있어 거주민들에게 생활환경을 높일 수 있는 기회와 함께 조경설계기법의 대안적인 기준을 마련한다는 점에서, 정형화되어 있지 못하고 있는 조경설계 분야의 새로운 가이드라인을 제공하는데 그 의미가 있다. 연구 방법으로는 기존 학자들의 치유정원에 관한 특성을 분석하여 공통적인 환경특성 요소들을 도출하고, 이를 바탕으로 기존 국내 외 문헌을 통하여 세부항목을 설정하며, 선행연구와 사례조사, 설문분석을 통해 치유조경계획 요소를 도출하였다. 치유환경의 기능적 계획요소 6가지 항목을 설정하였다. 안전한 환경, 치료적 환경, 보조적 환경, 지남력 강화환경, 쾌적성, 사회적 환경으로 구분하였고, 공간계획요소는 국내 외 사례고찰로 병원, 요양원, 숲 등을 대상으로 하여 육체적, 정신적 안정에 도움을 주기 위한 공간 및 시설을 도입하고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 계획요소로 공간계획, 동선계획, 포장계획, 수경계획, 식재계획, 시설계획, 프로그램으로 구분하여 계획요소를 도출하였다. 도출된 항목을 외부공간의 단지출입 영역, 내 외부 전이영역, 외부활동 영역, 테마별 공간영역으로 구분하고, 계획 요소로 공간계획에는 자연속 산책이 가능하고, 범죄로부터 안전, 다양한 휴게시설이 있도록 계획한다. 식재계획으로는 계절감을 느낄 수 있는 수목 식재, 촉각 미각, 후각을 자극하는 식물 식재, 풍부하고 다양한 식물 식재로 계획한다. 동선계획은 외부로부터 동선을 분리하고, 건강증진을 위한 산책, 지압로, 흙길 등 자연감상이 가능한 동선으로 계획한다. 포장계획은 위험에 쉽게 인식할 수 있고, 인공재료보다는 자연형 재료로 계획한다. 시설물계획은 취약계층을 위한 안내표, 강설시에도 이용할 수 있도록 쉘터 및 이동 가능한 벤치를 계획한다. 수 공간계획은 잔잔한 물 공간을 조망하는 사색 가능한 물시설과 분수 등 깔끔하고 도식적인 물시설로 계획한다. 치유프로그램으로는 휴식 명상을 취할 수 있으며, 요가, 산책 등 가벼운 운동을 위한 프로그램을 계획한다. 치유조경계획 요소를 도출하여 가이드라인을 제시하였으나, 계획요소와 계획내용들이 치유기능을 향상시키는데 효과가 있을지에 대한 정성적, 정량적 평가가 제한되어 이에 대한 연구가 추후 이루어질 필요가 있다.

숲에서 치유를 경험한 사람들의 심리현상 분석 (A Psychological Phenomena Analysis of People who have experienced Healing in the Forest)

  • 오경희;김동준;연평식
    • 한국환경생태학회지
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.277-286
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 숲에서 치유를 경험한 사람들의 체험수기 115편을 질적 분석하여, 숲 치유로 나타나는 핵심 심리현상과 치유의 과정을 추적하기 위하여 수행되었다. 숲 치유 과정에서 경험하는 핵심 심리현상은 <행복감> <편안함> <깨달음>의 순이었으며, 숲 치유의 과정은 <정서적 변화>를 먼저 경험한 후에 <인지적 변화>와 <행동의 변화>로 이끌어지는 경향을 나타내었다. 숲에서의 치유단계는 시간의 흐름에 따라 <자극단계> <수용단계> <정화단계> <통찰단계> <채움단계> <변화단계>의 6단계 과정을 거쳤으며, 이러한 과정은 <자연과의 교감> <자신과의 교감> <세상과의 소통>이라는 기제를 통해 치유가 진전되는 것으로 확인되었다. 기존의 연구는 주로 집단프로그램에 의한 비교 연구와 체험후의 일시적 상태의 측정으로 결과를 도출하여 효과의 지속성이나 심리적 변화 과정을 검증할 수 없는 한계가 존재하였다. 본 연구는 기존의 양적 연구의 한계를 보완하여 개인적 심리현상과 치유과정 등을 통합적으로 이해할 수 있는 방법을 제안하였으며, 연구 결과가 산림치유의 메커니즘을 밝히고 산림치유 프로그램 개발이나 실행에 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

국외 요양시설 디자인가이드라인에 나타난 치유성능 연구 (Healing Performance Shown in International Design Guidelines for Nursing Homes)

  • 오아연;장미선;이연숙
    • 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 2017
  • Although nursing homes where physically weak seniors live must be planned as an healing environment for maintaining and improving holistic health conditions of the senior residents, many of the nursing homes in Korea are currently placed in poor environment due to lack of minimum criteria or design guideline for spatial planning. Therefore, this study aims to extract healing elements shown in nursing home design guidelines that have been developed and utilized in several developed welfare countries where aging has started before Korea. The subjects of this study were 4 international nursing homes design guidelines; and they were analyzed by the content analysis technique. As for analysis units, design guideline items were selected; and spatial composition, three dimensions of health, and healing elements for supporting the health conditions were used as analysis categories. As results, firstly, among total 259 guidelines, the guidelines that commonly applied to all the spaces turned out to be the most, then the guidelines to be applied in bathroom turned out to be the most. Secondly, in terms of holistic health, the proportion of design guideline for supporting physical health turned out to be highest followed by the one for mental health and social health. Thirdly, In terms of healing elements, items for safety, accessibility, comfort, and convenience that supported physical health and cognition that supported mental health turned out to be high. This study is expected to provide the framework for comprehensively understanding the existing design guidelines of nursing homes in the perspective of healing and to be utilized as fundamental resource for spatial planning to improve healing effects in the nursing homes in the future.

Effects of an Agro-healing Program on Promoting Mental Health of the Middle-aged

  • Kim, Jae Soon;Yoo, Eunha;Jeong, Sun-Jin;Jang, Hye Sook
    • 인간식물환경학회지
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    • 제24권6호
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    • pp.573-584
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    • 2021
  • Background and objective: This study was conducted with 10 men and women in their 50s-60s to investigate the effect of agro-healing activities on the improvement of mental health. Methods: The experimental group participated in total 8 sessions of agro-healing activities, once a week for 2 hours each, at a care farm in Wanju-gun. Physiological measurements were taken with an electroencephalogram (EEG), Salivettes samples, and blood pressure before and after the activities. Results: As a result of analyzing the changes in brainwaves of the experimental group before and after agro-healing activities, relative slow alpha (RSA), relative fast alpha (RFA), and ratio of alpha to high beta (RAHB), the indices of stability and relaxation, increased after the program with statistical significance. Also, the ratio of SMR to theta (RST) of the attention index increased on the right frontal lobes, temporal lobes, and left occipital lobes, and relative low beta (RLB) increasd on the frontal lobes, temporal lobes, and occipital lobes after the program with statistical significance. The sympathetic nervous system activity, which is a stress index, decreased after the program, whereas the parasympathetic nervous system activity, which is a relaxation index, increased, showing statistical significance (p < .05). As a result of analyzing the changes in blood pressure after the program, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure decreased from prehypertension to normal blood pressure, showing statistical significance. SThese results indicate that participating in agro-healing activities at a care farm for the 50-60s helps reduce stress and improve stability and relaxation as well as attention. Conclusion: Thus, developing and applying customized agro-healing programs for participants will have a positive effect on brain activity and psychophysiological improvement by relieving tension and stress. However, there are limitations in generalizing the results of this study since most of agro-healing farms have low accessibility that leads to a low level of participants.

감각자극 분석을 통한 종합병원 다인 병실의 치유 환경에 관한 건축 계획적 연구 (An Architectural Study on the Healing Environment Design through the Analysis of Sensory Stimulation in the General Hospitals' Patient-Room)

  • 정주현;양내원
    • 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2006
  • Patients use the senses all the time, mostly simultaneously. Senses are never turned off even patients in serious condition use some of the senses. Space is the inexhaustible source of stimuli. So far we have thought that it is impossible to come up with a set of rules and guidelines that cover all the possible situations involving senses and when there have been usually no conscious coordination between different sensorial stimuli and the comprehensive perception of space always results from the engagement of combination of senses and other inputs based on knowledge and experience. This study concerns about patients' demand analysis through senses. The reflection of patients' demand to the ward planning can develope the healing environment.

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미생물 기반 자발적 콘크리트 균열치유제 성능 분석 및 실스케일 균열치유성능 검증 (Investigation of Microorganism-Based Autonomous Crack Healing Agent and Full-scale Verification of Crack Healing)

  • 유연준;이병재;양주경;이윤
    • 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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    • 제27권6호
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    • pp.138-143
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    • 2023
  • 이 연구에서는 탄산칼슘 형성 박테리아의 내생포자를 접종한 알지네이트 겔과 포자현탁액 형태의 균열치유제를 모르타르에 첨가하여 균열치유성능을 비교, 분석함으로써 균열치유제 제조방법별 균열치유성능을 분석하였다. 또한 박스형 암거 형태의 실 구조물에 적용하여 실험실 환경뿐만 아니라 개발된 균열치유제가 실제 현장에 적용될 수 있는 환경을 조성하여 실구조물 스케일에서 균열치유성능을 검증하고자 하였다. 건조 방식을 달리한 두 가지 형태의 알지네이트 겔로 구성된 균열치유제를 분석한 결과, 건열건조 방식의 균열치유제는 균열치유 성능을 나타내었으나, 동결건조 방식의 경우 얼음 결정에 의해 다수의 포자가 사멸되어 균열치유성능을 잃는 것으로 나타났다. 실스케일 구조물의 균열부에서 추출된 균열치유 추정물질의 SEM 사진과 XRD 패턴 분석 결과 균열치유제에 적용된 균열치유 미생물이 생성한 탄산칼슘 결정 중 하나인 calcite인 것으로 나타났으며, 미생물에 의한 균열치유메커니즘이 실구조물에서 구현될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

Effects of Forest Healing Program on Cultural Adaptation Stress and Psychological Wellbeing of Foreign Workers

  • Kim, Han-Won;Shin, Won-Sop;Jang, Cheoul-Soon
    • 인간식물환경학회지
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    • 제22권5호
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    • pp.505-513
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    • 2019
  • As the number of foreign workers increases in Korea, people's interest in their adaptation to this society has also increased. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a forest-healing program on foreign workers' cultural adaptation stress and psychological wellbeing. The experiment was conducted in a recreation forest located in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do. The subjects who participated in this study included 40 foreign workers (16 males, 24 females). The experiment was conducted for three days and two nights from June 26 to 28, 2019. The forest healing program was composed of activities that can enhance immunity and restore physical and mental health by utilizing various healing environmental factors such as landscapes, sunlight, anion and oxygen in forest. The independent sample t-test was conducted to examine changes in cultural adaptation stress and psychological well-being before and after the program. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program. As a result, cultural adaptation stress was statistically significantly reduced in sub-factors including discrimination experience, language conflict and legal status. Psychological wellbeing improved in all the surveyed sub-factors such as self-confidence, ego, immersion, and joy. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data for reducing the stress foreign workers experience from cultural adaptation and restoring their psychological wellbeing in the future.

건강마을의 건축적 치유요소 연구 (A Study on the Healing Architecture of Health Promotion Villages)

  • 이민아
    • 가정과삶의질연구
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    • 제29권5호
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2011
  • This study aimed to analyze health promotion villages from the perspective of therapeutic architecture, and to provide basic information for planning relevant health facilities. On the basis of a review of previous literature, the characteristics of therapeutic architecture were classified into eight categories: safety, comfort, sociality, autonomy, openness, diversity, privacy, and natural environment. Field study and observation were performed in four health promotion villages that conduct programs for lifestyle improvement, physical fitness, and treatment; these villages were also considered to have a healthy residential environment. The researcher and three assistants visited the facilities and checked utilization of space through interviews with the staff and guided tours. Basic information about the subject facilities, such as the purpose of establishment, was gathered from websites before visits. Two of the villages examined in this study had a traditional Korean wooden structure, while the other two were reinforced concrete and masonry block structures. All the facilities emphasized the use of environmentally friendly material and harmony with nature. Each site was divided into the following areas: office, residence, health/treatment, public/rest, and outdoor. The safety standards of the healing architecture were not completely satisfactory at all facilities. In particular, it was found that they lacked adequate universal design equipment. However, the healing characteristics of autonomy and diversity were strong. With regard to autonomy, the facilities allowed visitors to select indoor-outdoor moving lines and the use of front- and backyards constructed on slopes. In addition, they were equipped with many entries, staircases, void, terraces, and crossroads. The architecture was aesthetically designed using feng shui symbolism, and visitors found the scenes depicted in various spaces in the villages to be stimulating. Besides, the facilities were constructed using natural materials, had a natural indoor environment, and provided a sense of spaciousness and flexibility.