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Effects of indoor gardening on sleep, agitation, and cognition in dementia patients—a pilot study
Indoor gardening’s effects on sleep, restlessness, and thinking in people with dementia
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Abstract
Significant improvement in sleep efficiency and agitation scores was observed in 23 dementia patients participating in a 5-week indoor gardening pilot study.
- Patients showed improved wake after sleep onset, nap duration, and nocturnal sleep time.
- Sleep onset time, wake-up time, and total sleep time did not show significant changes.
- Agitation and cognition scores improved significantly after the indoor gardening intervention.
- Further randomized controlled studies with larger sample sizes are needed to confirm these findings.
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