園藝治療活動對於舒緩護理人員工作壓力及促進福祉之成效

Effects of Horticultural Therapy Activity Programme for Alleviating Work-Related Stress and Improving Well-Being of Nursing Staff

本研究旨在探討園藝治療活動對舒緩護理人員工作壓力與及增加護理人員福祉之成效。研究採用前、後測設計，探討為期四週，每週一次的園藝治療活動介入，四週的園藝治療活動課程由四個主題組成、包括種菜、彩繪盆栽、桌上型禪宗庭園和乾燥花。研究對象為某區域教學醫院的20位女性臨床護理人員。於第一次執行園藝活動、第四週園藝活動結束後及活動結束一個月後進行問卷評估，問卷內容包含個人基本資料表、勞工職業壓力量表和園藝治療福祉效益量表。結果顯示「工作壓力反應」和「一般健康」經園藝治療活動介入後呈顯著改善，但介入結束一個月後則發現該兩者得分與前測無顯著差異。在園藝治療福祉效益方面，「心情放鬆」、「具有成就感」和「了解園藝栽培技術」經過園藝治療活動介入後，呈顯著改善，介入結束一個月後發現「了解園藝栽培技術」的改善仍顯著，結果顯示園藝治療活動介入雖能舒緩護理人員工作壓力及促進福祉，但效果能維持期短。 This study aimed to investigate the effects of horticultural activities on alleviating work-related stress and improving the well-being of nursing staffs. A pre-post study design was used to evaluate the effects of a four 60-minute weekly horticultural activities on 20 female clinical nurses recruited from a regional teaching hospital. The four weekly horticultural activities consisted of four themes that involving vegetable growing, pot painting, desktop Zen garden, and dried flower crafts respectively. Questionnaires, with questions on the basic characteristics of the participants, occupational stress scale, and horticultural therapy well-being scale, were administered at the beginning, the end, and one month after the end of the intervention. Results indicating that a significant improvement in the items ＂work stress response＂ and ＂general health＂. There were no significant differences between the scores of one month after the end of the intervention and the beginning of the intervention. In terms of the scores of the Horticultural Therapy Well-being Benefit Scale, ＂feel relaxed＂, ＂feel a sense of accomplishment＂, and ＂understand horticultural techniques＂ were significantly higher after the intervention than the others. The item ＂understand horticultural techniques＂ remained significantly improved one month after the end of the intervention compared with the beginning of the intervention. Findings from this study demonstrated that horticultural activities were able to alleviate work-related stress and improve the well-being of nursing staffs. However, the beneficial effects appeared to last for a short term.