Clinical trials: Gardening
Childhood Obesity
Summer Harvest Adventure: A Garden-based Obesity Prevention Program for Children Residing in Low-resource Communities
The objective of this study is to implement and test the efficacy of the "Summer Harvest Adventure," a comprehensive garden-based behavioral, social, and environmental intervention for children (ages 8-11 years) residing in…
- Trial name
- SHA (NCT05367674)
- Testing
- Summer Harvest Adventure, My Summer Plate (MSP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Food Insecurity, Obesity Prevention
Effects of an Urban-gardening Nutrition Intervention for Food Insecure College Students
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an urban gardening nutrition education program can have positive health effects on food insecure college students.
- Trial name
- UGNIFICS (NCT06822803)
- Testing
- Gardening Nutrition Education Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer's Disease, Art and Garden
Gardens and art represent public spaces and support venues of interactions and emotions, seeking not only a variety of conversational themes but also various cognitive skills such as mnemonic skills.
- Trial name
- JAZ ART (NCT02208193)
- Testing
- Cognitive and psycho-behavioral effects of an artistic dimension
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Elderly, Gardening
Flower Print Activity Applied to the Elderly in the Nursing Home
This research will be carried out in order to determine the effect of the flower pressure activity applied to the elderly in the nursing home on the anxiety levels of the elderly.
- Conditions
- Elderly, Gardening, Anxiety, Nursing Caries
- Trial name
- NCT05834439
- Testing
- flower printing activities for the elderly, Routine activities in nursing home
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
Dietary Habits, Health Behavior
Yeego! Healthy Eating & Gardening School-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
In this study, one year changes in healthy eating and gardening behaviors associated with the intervention were estimated using a group randomized controlled trial design, with the comparison arm receiving a delayed intervention…
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits, Health Behavior, Eating Behavior
- Trial name
- Yeego! (NCT03778021)
- Testing
- Behavioral Gardening Exposure, Healthy Eating and Gardening Curriculum
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 294 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Subthreshold Depression
Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Horticultural Intervention for Older Adults With Subthreshold Depression in Nursing Homes
Subthreshold depression represents a state of psychological sub-health between normal individuals and clinical depression. It constitutes a high-risk stage for developing clinical depression and a critical phase for alleviating…
- Trial name
- NCT07275034
- Testing
- Virtual Reality-Based Horticultural Intervention System, routine health management
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fujian Medical University
Cardiovascular (CV) Risk, Behavioral Changes
Growing Healthy Hearts
This proposal includes a prospective, parallel group, two-arm RCT with 264 adult-child dyads (adult age 18+, child ages 5-17 years) to examine the effectiveness of the Growing Healthy Hearts (GHH) intervention versus a wait list…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular (CV) Risk, Behavioral Changes, Gardening, Cooking
- Trial name
- GHH (NCT07684027)
- Testing
- GHH Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Obesity
A School-based Gardening Obesity Intervention for Low-income Minority Children
The investigators recently completed an NIH R21 grant, which was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the effects of a gardening, nutrition, and cooking program in 375 low-income Hispanic students living in Los Angeles.
- Trial name
- NCT02668744
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jaimie N. Davis
Alzheimer Disease
Highlighting the Benefits of Therapeutic Gardens in Alzheimer's Disease by 18F-FDG Cerebral PET /CT
The Alzheimer's Plan 2008-2012 allowed the installation of therapeutic gardens for the structures welcoming patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) .
- Trial name
- JAZTEP (NCT04514328)
- Testing
- cerebral 18F-FDG PET-CT
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Elderly Person
Gardening Activities for the Elderly Psychological Well-Being and Depression
Purpose of the Study: This research will be conducted to determine the effects of gardening activities applied to the elderly in nursing homes on psychological well-being and depression.
- Trial name
- NCT05256680
- Testing
- Gardening Activities
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
Overweight, Obesity
Intervention Study for Overweight and Obese Kindergarten Children
The goal of the this study is to create an interdisciplinary program which includes intervention in the fields of nutrition, physical activity and behavior in order to treat obesity and overweight among kindergarten children and…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Physical Fitness
- Trial name
- NCT01285063
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary intervention: physical activity, dietary instructions and behavioral treatment.
- Where
- Israel
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
HIV
Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Through Urban Gardening and Nutritional Counseling in the Dominican Republic
This pilot study proposes to develop, implement, and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a culturally appropriate, multi-component intervention combining peer nutrition counseling with…
- Trial name
- ProMeSA (NCT03568682)
- Testing
- Nutritional counseling + urban gardening
- Where
- 2 sites in Dominican Republic
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- RAND
Sustainable Lifestyles
Community Gardens Participation in Promoting Sustainable Lifestyles in Urban Settings: the JArDinS Study
The JArDinS study is a quasi-experimental research that aimed at assessing the impact of community garden participation (a natural experiment) in the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles.
- Trial name
- NCT03694782
- Testing
- Food diary supply, Actigraph, Questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Diet Modification, Physical Activity
Denver Garden Environment and Microbiome Study Disease
An interdisciplinary team with extensive garden study experience conducted a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial to see whether gardening reduced risk factors for diseases like cancer and heart disease.
- Conditions
- Diet Modification, Physical Activity, Weight Gain, Chronic Disease
- Trial name
- DGEM (NCT03089151)
- Testing
- Community Garden Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Gardening, Pediatric Nursing
The Effect of Gardening Activities on Anxiety and Psychosocial Symptoms of Hospitalized Children
The experience of hospitalization in childhood can often lead to traumatic consequences. Various practices (play, art therapy, music therapy, etc.) are used to help children cope with this process.
- Conditions
- Gardening, Pediatric Nursing, Activity, Psychosocial Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06655961
- Testing
- Garden Activities Program, Clinical routine treatment and nursing care protocol
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Obesity, Overweight
Growing Resilience in Wind River Indian Reservation
The Growing Resilience research leverages reservation-based assets of land, family, culture, and front-line tribal health organizations to develop and evaluate home food gardens as a family-based health promotion intervention to…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Diabetes
- Trial name
- GR (NCT02672748)
- Testing
- Garden
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 338 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wyoming
HIV, Food Insecurity
Urban Gardening and Peer Nutritional Counseling for People With HIV and Food Insecurity
The investigators are conducting a fully powered cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a culturally appropriate, multicomponent intervention combining peer nutritional counseling with urban gardening among people with…
- Trial name
- ProMeSA (NCT06412016)
- Testing
- Peer Nutritional Counseling + Urban Gardening
- Where
- 20 sites in Dominican Republic
- Volunteers
- 433 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Stress-related Problem
Nacadia Effect Study (NEST)
This research project deals with stress treatment in the form of garden therapy in the therapy garden Nacadia. The therapy Garden Nacadia has an evidence-based design that is specially designed for the treatment of stressed…
- Trial name
- NEST (NCT01849718)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Anne Dahl Refshauge
Cancer
Vegetable Garden Feasibility Trial to Promote Function in Older Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivorship has been claimed a national priority, with a call to develop effective interventions that can prevent, delay, or mitigate the adverse effects and comorbidities in this high risk population.
- Trial name
- NCT02150148
- Testing
- Experimental: Mentored Gardening Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Psychological Distress, Malnutrition, Child
Transforming Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments: Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, and Climate-Smart Farming in Nakivale
The study aims to evaluate if enhancing the mental health of refugee mothers can make them better able to implement new farming methods that are meant to improve food security in the face of climate change.
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Malnutrition, Child, Dietary Deficiency, Mental Health
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT06425523)
- Testing
- Home Gardening Intervention (HGI), Self-Help Plus (SH+), Enhanced Usual Care (EUC)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 904 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University