Long-term effects of plants programs in the shared office on the psychological condition of office workers

Abstract

In recent years, the shared office has been increasing as work styles diversify. On the other hand, stress among workers has become a social problem, and office greening is attracting attention as a stress countermeasure, but few studies have focused on shared offices. In addition, previous studies have reported that horticultural therapy and other plants-related activities are beneficial to physical and psychological health. In this study, we aimed to clarify the effects of plants programs using the plants set up in shared offices on workers' psychology and attempted to measure long-term psychological indices using actual workers in the shared offices. The results showed that participation to the plants program was effective in improving workers' emotional state and subjective evaluation.