Title

Impact of horticulture therapy on sleep quality in geriatrics

Authors

A. Navaneetha Krishnan¹, N. Siva Subramanian^1,* & B. Mahalakshmi²

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Paediatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

A. Navaneetha Krishnan - E-mail: krisshnavaneeth@gmail.com
N. Siva Subramanian - E-mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in
B. Mahalakshmi - E-mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

Sleep problems are common in the elderly, affecting overall health and well-being. A pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test study was conducted among 50 elderly in geriatric homes of Gujarat, where participants received six weeks of horticulture therapy. Sleep quality was measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Data showed significant improvement, with severe sleep problems reducing from 92% to 0% and most participants shifting to mild or moderate categories (t = 27.768, p < 0.001). Thus, we show that horticulture therapy is an effective, safe and low-cost non-pharmacological intervention to enhance sleep quality in older adults.

Keywords

Horticulture therapy; sleep quality; geriatrics; non-pharmacological intervention; elderly care

Citation

Krishnan et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3518-3521 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.