2021 Volume 47 Issue 2 Pages 298-303
This study aims at the implementation of a home gardening therapy program and its evaluation in terms of psychological effect. In this therapy people can avoid close contact with each other and use it even after Covid-19. Four kinds of home-based horticultural kits were sent every 3 weeks, one at a time. Participants themselves made the kits, joining the online meetings. The result of POMS2, an assessment analysis of mood, showed a significant improvement trend in all scores of the TMD (total mood state), fatigue-anhedonia, and friendliness items. This program has gained psychologically positive effect to some extent. With the internet, this home-based horticultural therapy can be provided anytime any place, even for those who have difficulty in going out or lived in remote areas.
