Home garden use during COVID-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults
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- Janie Corley, Judith A. Okely, Adele M. Taylor, Danielle Page, Miles Welstead, Barbora Skarabela, Paul Redmond, Simon R. Cox, Tom C. Russ
- Journal
- Journal of Environmental Psychology
- Year
- 2020
- Citations
- 258
Abstract
= 0.001), after adjusting for covariates. None of the garden measures were associated with perceived change in physical health, mental and emotional health, or sleep quality, from pre-lockdown levels. The results of the current study provide support for positive health benefits of spending time in a garden-though associations may be bidirectional-and suggest that domestic gardens could be a potential health resource during the COVID-19 pandemic.