Hospitals Need More Plants
People have giving hospital patients gifts of living plants and flowers for generations. Research has confirmed that people have known intuitively for years. Plants and flowers from natures can reducestress, create a more positive environment and provide distraction from the pain associated with recovery from surgery.
A recent study a confirmed that plants and flowers were beneficial for patients recovering from abdominal surgery. The findings from the study suggest that giving hospital patients plants may make them more comfortable during their hospitalization and may even shorten the duration of their stay.
Researchers from the Department of Horticulture, Recreation and Forestry at Kansas State University , Seong-Hyun Park and Richard H. Mattson; found strong evidence that contact with plants benefits the health of hospital patients. The researchers used various medical and psychological measurements to evaluate if plants in hospital rooms have therapeutic influences.
According to the press release on the American Society for Horticultural Science .website, previous studies have shown that when patients have a great deal of stress associated with surgery they may have more pain and a longer recovery time. Pain problems are usually treated with anesthetics and analgesics. If the patients stress level can be reduced by plants in the room it is possible that they could recover faster and with less pain.
The study, published in the October 2008 issue of HortTechnology, was conducted on 90 patients recovering from an appendectomy. During the recovery period, some patients had rooms with plants and some did not. Researchers collected information about the length of hospitalization, postoperative pain control with drugs, vital signs, distress, ratings of pain intensity, anxiety and, fatigue.
Researcher found that the patients who had plants in their rooms used less pain medication, had less pain and anxiety, lower blood pressure and heart rate and a higher overall satisfaction with their experience than patients who were not given plants.
A recent study a confirmed that plants and flowers were beneficial for patients recovering from abdominal surgery. The findings from the study suggest that giving hospital patients plants may make them more comfortable during their hospitalization and may even shorten the duration of their stay.
Researchers from the Department of Horticulture, Recreation and Forestry at Kansas State University , Seong-Hyun Park and Richard H. Mattson; found strong evidence that contact with plants benefits the health of hospital patients. The researchers used various medical and psychological measurements to evaluate if plants in hospital rooms have therapeutic influences.
According to the press release on the American Society for Horticultural Science .website, previous studies have shown that when patients have a great deal of stress associated with surgery they may have more pain and a longer recovery time. Pain problems are usually treated with anesthetics and analgesics. If the patients stress level can be reduced by plants in the room it is possible that they could recover faster and with less pain.
The study, published in the October 2008 issue of HortTechnology, was conducted on 90 patients recovering from an appendectomy. During the recovery period, some patients had rooms with plants and some did not. Researchers collected information about the length of hospitalization, postoperative pain control with drugs, vital signs, distress, ratings of pain intensity, anxiety and, fatigue.
Researcher found that the patients who had plants in their rooms used less pain medication, had less pain and anxiety, lower blood pressure and heart rate and a higher overall satisfaction with their experience than patients who were not given plants.
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