Objective: To develop a method that can continuously monitor duration of students' outdoor activities for a long time, so as to provide data support for the relationship between outdoor activity duration and students' health. Methods: From April 28 to July 6, 2022, 1 168 students from a primary...

Outdoor activity benefits veterans' sense of well-being, coping skills and affective experience while improving physical and mental health. Understanding military veterans' motivation for and barriers to outdoor recreation allows healthcare providers to design interventions that help veterans...

Objective: To analyze the relationship between outdoor activity, screen time and 20-meter shuttle run test (20 m SRT) score among children and adolescents in Baoan District, Shenzhen, so as to provide scientific basis for the management and promotion of physical health of children and adolescents....

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a serious global communicable disease burden. Although COVID-19 and its policy responses have significantly influenced older adults, the impact of COVID-19 on depression in the older population is not fully understood. We aimed to...

Background: Anxiety and the physical environment are critical factors influencing frailty among older adults; however, the interaction effect of anxiety and the physical environment, such as outdoor activity spaces, on frailty has not been examined. This study aimed to investigate the interaction...

Although negative perceptions of wildlands may play a role in outdoor recreational preferences, little is known about whether childhood nature experiences change people's negative perceptions towards nature and their preferences for outdoor recreation later in life. We conducted a questionnaire...

Shifts in activity patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic might have impacted the benefits of outdoor activities for mental health. By leveraging an existing mobile application, we collected self-reported data on daily outdoor activities, emotional well-being, and the influence of COVID-19 on...

The main goal of the present study was to explore if there are any differences in attitudes toward outdoor activities between students from urban and rural areas. Moreover, it was necessary to extract data regarding implementation of certain models of outdoor activities in order to evaluate which...

During the past few years, Americans have experienced a wide variety of stressors, including political tensions, racial/civil unrest, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. All of these have led to uncertainty within society. Chronic feelings of helplessness can lead to depression or ...

Introduction: This article presents a detailed systems analysis of injury incidents from 35 Australian led outdoor activity organisations between 2014 to 2017. Method: Injury incident reports were collected using a specific led outdoor activity incident reporting system known as UPLOADS...