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Cancer-related Fatigue and Symptom Clusters - Effects of Virtual, Imagined and Real-life Nature-based Therapy in Cancer Survivors
Sponsor: Robert Bosch Gesellschaft für Medizinische Forschung mbH (RBMF)
Summary
This is a randomized, controlled, bicenter trial comparing the effects on symptoms and quality of life in cancer survivors. Three nature-based therapies will be compared with a wait-list group. The therapies are: virtual reality simulated forest, guided imaging and classic forest bathing. Each intervention lasts 30 minutes and takes place once a week for 8 weeks. All interventions involve different stimulus types: visual, olfactory, auditory and tactile.
Official title: Cancer-related Fatigue and Symptom Clusters - Effects of Virtual, Imagined and Real-life Nature-based Therapy in Cancer Survivors - a RCT
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
172
Start Date
2025-06-05
Completion Date
2027-12-31
Last Updated
2025-09-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Real-life forest bathing
Participants will experience the elements (olfactory, acoustic and haptic) of forest bathing for 30 minutes (sitting) in a forested area. The forests have been previously selected near Stuttgart and Würzburg and are comparable to each other.
Simulated FOREST bathing (Virtual Reality)
Using virtual reality goggles, a FOREST bathing experience will be simulated. The simulation will have elements of the classic FOREST bathing (olfatory, acoustic and haptic) and will last 30 minutes.
Imaging FOREST bathing
A therapist will lead an imaginative exercise in which participants will imagine a FOREST bathing. The imaginative exercise will include elements of the classic FOREST bathing (olfactory, acoustic and haptic) and will last 30 minutes.
Locations (2)
Dr med. Marcela Winkler
Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
PD Dr. Claudia Löffler
Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany