원예활동 여가프로그램이 농촌노인의 정신건강과 생활만족도에 미치는 영향

Effects of Horticultural Activities Leisure Program on Mental Health and Life-Satisfaction of the Rural Elderly

This study is to examine in the effectiveness of mental health and life satisfaction for old men after participating horticultural activities leisure program(HALP) in rural communities. The subject is who lives in a town K village, and who is over 60 using village center. Each group consists of experimental and control groups was 20. The methods of statistical analysis used in this study, were Mann-Whitney U-test and Wilcoxon signed rank test. From the result in respect of the average variation of mental health and life satisfaction as performing HALP, it showed statistically significant between groups. In regard of the average variation of mental health before and after of performing the HALP, it showed statistically significant within experiment group. Also, in the average variation of life satisfaction before and after of performing the HALP, it showed statistically significant within experiment group.