长白山二道白河地区森林康养缓解心理应激作用

The Effect of Forest-based Health Practices on Decreasing Cognitive Stress in Erdaobaihe Area,Changbai Mountain

为进一步了解森林康养对健康人群心理应激缓解作用,研究从吉林市政府及当地大学筛选12名中老年健康志愿者,于2019年7月在长白山二道白河地区进行3天2夜的森林康养活动,利用国际通用的调查问卷POMS检测受试人群的心境状态变化,以液相色谱质谱法检测血浆多巴胺、肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素和皮质醇水平。结果显示:森林康养后健康人群的焦虑指数减低、血压降低、睡眠质量提高(P<0.05),同时血浆多巴胺、肾上腺素和去甲肾上腺素的水平下降(P<0.05);森林康养可明显缓解焦虑状态,其发生机制与森林环境降低应激反应、抑制儿茶酚胺的释放有一定关系。

To observe the effect of forest-based health practices on psychological stress relief,the study selects 12 middle-aged and elder volunteers from the local government or universities in Jilin City to have 3-day and 2-night forest-based health practices in July 2019 at Erdaobaihe Area,Changbai Mountain.Their emotional states are detected using POMS questionnaire,and their plasma levels of dopamine,epinephrine,norepinephrine and cortisol are also tested with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry method.The results show that the anxiety degree and the blood pressure of the volunteers go down and their sleep quality is improved compared with the level before the forest-based health practices(P<0.05),while the levels of dopamine,epinephrine and norepinephrine in plasma drop correspondingly(P<0.05).The results indicate that forest-based health practices can significantly relieve anxiety,and the mechanism is to some extent related to the fact that forest environment decreases the stress response and inhabits the secretion of catecholamine.