Understanding how environmental enhancement and conservation activities may benefit health and wellbeing: a systematic review

Table 3 Quantitative findings

Ref	Ref	N.	Method	Quality	Physiological	Physical	Mental and emotional	Quality of life	Social/other
BTCV 2009	[36]	122	uBA	Weak		↑		↑ (↑ →)
BTCV 2010b	[38]	136	uBA	Weak				(→→)
Eastaugh et al. 2010	[33]	8	uBA	Weak				→(→→→)
Moore et al. 2006	[44]^a	102	Case–control	Weak			↑↓→→	↑↑↑→→→→	↑↑↑↑↑→→→→→→→→→→→→→→
O'Brien et al. 2010	[54]	88	uBA	Weak			↑
Pillemer et al. 2010	[45]^a	2630	Cohort	Weak		↑↑	↑ →	↑
Barton et al. 2009	[46]	19	uBA	Weak			→→
Reynolds 1999a	[47]	16	uBA	Weak	↑→→→→→→→→			(↑↑→→→→→→)
Small Woods 2011	[40]	7	uBA	Weak				→→(→→→→→→)
Wilson 2009	[32]	77	uBA	Weak		↑	→	→ → (→→ →→→→→→)
Yerrell 2008	[41]	194	uBA	Weak				↑↓

^aComparative design. () Domains of the SF-36/12. ↑ Significant positive change.
→ No significant difference. ↓ Significant negative change. Each individual arrow refers to an individual outcome as detailed in the study (e.g. study 47 included 9 different physiological measures, 1 of which was positive and 8 inconclusive).

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