A potential natural treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Evidence from a national study
A potential natural treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Evidence from a national study
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.94.9.1580
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Taylor, AF
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作者：
Kuo, FE;Taylor, AF
目标.我们研究了相对“绿色”或自然环境对不同亚群儿童注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）症状的影响。全国范围内的家长对49种常见的课后和周末活动对儿童症状的影响进行了评估。后效进行了比较，在绿色户外设置与那些在室外和室内settings.Results进行的活动，在这个国家，nonprobability样本，绿色户外活动减少症状显着超过在其他环境中进行的活动，即使活动是跨设置匹配。结果是一致的年龄，性别和收入群体;社区类型;地理区域;和诊断。绿色户外环境似乎可以减少儿童的ADHD症状，包括个人、住宅和病例特征。
Objectives. We examined the impact of relatively "green" or natural settings on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms across diverse sub-populations of children.Methods. Parents nationwide rated the aftereffects of 49 common after-school and weekend activities on children's symptoms. Aftereffects were compared for activities conducted in green outdoor settings versus those conducted in both built outdoor and indoor settings.Results, In this national, nonprobability sample, green outdoor activities reduced symptoms significantly more than did activities conducted in other settings, even when activities were matched across settings. Findings were consistent across age, gender, and income groups; community types; geographic regions; and diagnoses.Conclusions. Green outdoor settings appear to reduce ADHD symptoms in children across a wide range of individual, residential, and case characteristics.