Supplementary information files for "Forest breaks improve employees’ health and attitudes towards work"

Supplementary files for article "Forest breaks improve employees’ health and attitudes towards work"Industrialisation has rapidly transformed human environments, delivering significant benefits but also intro?ducing urban stressors – such as air pollution, noise and light – that compromise health. In the 21st century, urban populations experience high levels of chronic stress and related health issues, with urban office workers being particularly vulnerable. The combination of sedentary, high-pressure work in urban settings not only undermines employee wellbeing but also impairs organisational performance through stress-related reductions in motivation, burnout and absenteeism. While the stress-reducing benefits of nature exposure are established, the present study extends current understanding by simultaneously assessing psychological, physiological and immunological outcomes alongside indicators of organisational productivity in urban office workers. The intervention – a 45-minute guided lunchtime forest exposure in Zurich, Switzerland – was designed to be feasible within a standard lunch break in a city-centre setting, providing a real-world, ecologically valid evaluation of nature exposure. Compared to a city control condition, the forest visit improved mood, mucosal immune function and indicated enhanced attitudes toward work, with some evidence of reduced psychophysiological stress. Uniquely, this study combined a broad range of biomarkers of physical and psychological health with indicators of organisational productivity in an ecologically valid design. The intervention was feasible within a standard lunchbreak and reflective of real-world workplace constraints – brief and conducted in a natural setting near the city centre – demonstrating real-world practical applicability for workplace health and productivity promotion.© The Author(s), CC BY-4.0

本研究为论文《森林休憩改善员工健康与工作态度》（Forest breaks improve employees’ health and attitudes towards work）的补充材料。
工业化（Industrialisation）快速重塑了人类生存环境，在带来诸多显著益处的同时，也引入了空气污染、噪声与光污染等城市应激源（urban stressors），进而损害人体健康。进入21世纪后，城市人群长期处于高水平慢性应激状态，并由此引发各类健康问题，其中城市办公室员工尤为易感。城市环境下久坐且高压的工作模式，不仅会削弱员工的身心健康，还会因应激导致的动力下降、职业倦怠与缺勤率上升，进而损害组织绩效。
尽管已有研究证实接触自然环境具有缓解应激的益处，但本研究首次同时评估了城市办公室员工接触自然后的心理、生理与免疫相关结局，以及组织生产力相关指标，拓展了现有认知。本次干预方案为在瑞士苏黎世市中心区域开展的45分钟午餐时段指导性森林休憩（guided forest exposure），其设计适配标准午休时段，可在真实职场场景中开展具有生态效度（ecologically valid）的自然接触效果评估。
与城市对照组相比，参与森林休憩的员工情绪状态、黏膜免疫功能（mucosal immune function）均得到改善，工作态度亦呈现积极变化，同时存在心理生理应激（psychophysiological stress）水平降低的相关证据。本研究的独特之处在于，在生态效度良好的实验设计中，同时纳入了涵盖身心健康的多维度生物标志物（biomarkers）与组织生产力指标。本次干预方案可在标准午休时段内顺利实施，且贴合真实职场的限制条件——时长较短且选址于市中心附近的自然环境中，证实了其在职场健康与生产力提升领域的实际应用价值。
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