Cancer-related Fatigue and Symptom Clusters - Effects of Virtual, Imagined and Real-life Nature-based Therapy in Cancer Survivors

NAEnrolling by invitationINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

172

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 5, 2025

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2027

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2027

Conditions
Cancer Survivors
Interventions
OTHER

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.

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.

OTHER

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.

Trial Locations (2)

70439

Dr med. Marcela Winkler, Stuttgart

97080

PD Dr. Claudia Löffler, Würzburg

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Wuerzburg University Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

University Hospital Tuebingen

OTHER

lead

Robert Bosch Gesellschaft für Medizinische Forschung mbH (RBMF)

OTHER