Outdoor recreational activity experiences improve psychological wellbeing of military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: Positive findings from a pilot study and a randomised controlled trial

Mark Wheeler; Nicholas R Cooper; Leanne Andrews; Jamie Hacker Hughes; Marie Juanchich; Tim Rakow; Sheina Orbell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241763

Outdoor recreational activity experiences improve psychological wellbeing of military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: Positive findings from a pilot study and a randomised controlled trial

PLoS One. 2020 Nov 25;15(11):e0241763. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241763. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Mark Wheeler¹, Nicholas R Cooper¹, Leanne Andrews², Jamie Hacker Hughes³, Marie Juanchich¹, Tim Rakow⁴, Sheina Orbell¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom.
² Department of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom.
³ Northern Hub for Veterans and Families Research, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience; King's College, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

The authors confirm that all ongoing and related trials for this intervention are registered. The studies reported in this manuscript are registered as clinical trials at ISRCTN: Pilot ID- ISRCTN15325073 RCT ID- ISRCTN59395217.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological*
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Recreation Therapy*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / pathology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology*
Veterans / psychology*

Associated data

ISRCTN/ISRCTN15325073
ISRCTN/ISRCTN59395217

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.