도시숲 활용 산림치유 프로그램이 여성노인의 골격근량, 내장지방량 및 우울에 미치는 영향 1) - 안성 비봉산을 사례로 -

This study was conducted to check whether the activities of forest healing programs in urban forests have changed the skeletal muscle mass, visceral fat, and depression of elderly women living in cities. The subjects of the study were elderly women aged 60 or older living in A-city, Gyeonggi-do, consisting of a total of 33 people, 21 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group. The forest healing program was conducted once a week and total of eight times for two hours each time. Before and after the program, bone muscle mass and Visceral Fat were measured using the Inbody 720 (Biospace, Korea), and the depression scale was used. The average age of subjects in the experimental group was 60.3±9.4 and the average age of the control group was 63.6±5.8. After participation in the forest healing program, the Skeletal Muscle Mass changes in subjects showed significant changes from 2.52 before participation to 2.47 after participation, but the control group was not a significant change from 1.64 to 1.99. The change in visceral fat volume was significant for subjects in the experimental group, from 34.27 before participation to 31.64 after participation, but The control group was not a significant change from 35.02 to 33.18. The change in depression in the experimental group showed significant changes from 5.10 before participation to 3.85 after participation. It was confirmed that forest healing program activities using urban forests had a positive effect on Skeletal Muscle Mass and gut fat, which are factors for chronic diseases in elderly women, and depression in the experimental group was also reduced. Through the participation of regular and continuous forest healing programs, we would like to propose them as one basic data that contributes to the promotion of the physical health and psychological health of the elderly, such as depression.