Naturunderstödd rehabilitering (NUR) - en kvalitativ studie om hur patienter med utmattningssyndrom upplever effekterna av en grön intervention
(2024) SAHS05 20241School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Försäkringskassan's status report from 2023 shows that more and more people in Sweden are taking sick leave as a result of stress-related mental illness. The reasons behind sick leave are often that for a longer period, you have not experienced a balance between the demands placed on you and the resources and opportunities you have had to meet these demands and this ultimately leads to exhaustion. The way back to work after exhaustion is usually long and tortuous and not infrequently you are on sick leave for an extended period. Since 2014, patients with fatigue syndrome have been offered an alternative treatment method for their fatigue. The method is called nature-supported rehabilitation (NUR) and means that during your exhaustion and a... (More)
- Försäkringskassan's status report from 2023 shows that more and more people in Sweden are taking sick leave as a result of stress-related mental illness. The reasons behind sick leave are often that for a longer period, you have not experienced a balance between the demands placed on you and the resources and opportunities you have had to meet these demands and this ultimately leads to exhaustion. The way back to work after exhaustion is usually long and tortuous and not infrequently you are on sick leave for an extended period. Since 2014, patients with fatigue syndrome have been offered an alternative treatment method for their fatigue. The method is called nature-supported rehabilitation (NUR) and means that during your exhaustion and a period of 8 weeks, you can stay on a farm in the country or in the forest, with or without animals, without having any other demands other than to get to and from the farm. Grounded in Roger Ulrich's environmental psychology theory of supportive gardens, this study aims to investigate whether and in what way nature-supported rehabilitation can contribute to alleviating the symptoms that are common in people with burnout syndrome. With the support of a qualitative research method, six interviews have been conducted with people who have been participants at farms that work with NUR. Through the participants' stories, a picture is given, among other things, of how nature on the NUR farms seems to have had the ability to positively distract them and direct their attention from the non-functioning to the functioning. Other factors that seem to have been important for the healing have been the social support that existed on the farms and how the participants were allowed to alternate rest with exercise. The study thus contributes to valuable insights into an alternative treatment method that can be healing for people diagnosed with fatigue syndrome. (Less)
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- Medin, Sara LU
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- SAHS05 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
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- Swedish
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- 9173910
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abstract = {{Försäkringskassan's status report from 2023 shows that more and more people in Sweden are taking sick leave as a result of stress-related mental illness. The reasons behind sick leave are often that for a longer period, you have not experienced a balance between the demands placed on you and the resources and opportunities you have had to meet these demands and this ultimately leads to exhaustion. The way back to work after exhaustion is usually long and tortuous and not infrequently you are on sick leave for an extended period. Since 2014, patients with fatigue syndrome have been offered an alternative treatment method for their fatigue. The method is called nature-supported rehabilitation (NUR) and means that during your exhaustion and a period of 8 weeks, you can stay on a farm in the country or in the forest, with or without animals, without having any other demands other than to get to and from the farm. Grounded in Roger Ulrich's environmental psychology theory of supportive gardens, this study aims to investigate whether and in what way nature-supported rehabilitation can contribute to alleviating the symptoms that are common in people with burnout syndrome. With the support of a qualitative research method, six interviews have been conducted with people who have been participants at farms that work with NUR. Through the participants' stories, a picture is given, among other things, of how nature on the NUR farms seems to have had the ability to positively distract them and direct their attention from the non-functioning to the functioning. Other factors that seem to have been important for the healing have been the social support that existed on the farms and how the participants were allowed to alternate rest with exercise. The study thus contributes to valuable insights into an alternative treatment method that can be healing for people diagnosed with fatigue syndrome.}},
author = {{Medin, Sara}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Naturunderstödd rehabilitering (NUR) - en kvalitativ studie om hur patienter med utmattningssyndrom upplever effekterna av en grön intervention}},
year = {{2024}},
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