Nature-based Therapeutic Media In Occupational Therapy
Nature-based Therapeutic Media In Occupational Therapy David F. Garner Tennessee State University A Graduate Research Project Author’s Note David F. Garner, Department of Health Science, Tennessee State University. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David Garner, Department of Occupational Therapy, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209. Contact: dgarnerotr@gmail.com Abstract This paper explores how a therapeutic task involving nature-based media will affect mood and compliance compared to a traditional occupational therapy treatment. Three separate groups of subjects completed a similar task that involved a therapeutic exercise. Subjects were adults of any sex, aged 50 or over. The first group completed a task that involved interacting with live nature-based medium in the form of plants. The second interacted with pictures of nature. The third interacted with a traditional therapeutic medium. The pl