How can a Sojourn be Healthcare?Studying the Impact of Healthcare Sojourns on Physical and Mental Health Using Rhythm Analysis,the"One-Dimensional—Circulation"
Healthcare sojourns provide a lifestyle-based approach for improving quality of life and life quality.In China,healthcare sojourns reflect the integration of the leisure and vacation industry with the healthcare industry in the Chinese cultural context.However,the mechanisms of the impact of healthcare sojourns on individual physical and mental health have not been clarified.Using rhythm analysis,the current study explores the mechanisms of influence of health and wellness on the physical and mental health of sojourners by examining changes in life rhythm using two spatial and temporal scales of unidirectional process and circular process.The results revealed the following:1)from the perspective of the one-dimensional process of a single healthcare sojourn,sojourners experienced a rhythm evolution process of daily rhythmization-rhythm dropping-rhythm adjustment-rhythm embedding-rhythm persistence.The rhythm change process experienced by the sojourners had a healing effect,and their health status,sensory experience,and emotional experience all showed an inverted U-shaped trend.The sensory experience and emotional experience interacted and affected the physical and mental health of the sojourners.2)From the perspective of the cycle of continuous health care and living,people's physical and mental health tended to improve.Specifically,health status improvement followed a wave-like forward and spiraling upward trend.3)The mechanism of influence of healthcare sojourns on people's physical and mental health exhibited several boundary conditions:the length of stay from the perspective of time,flexible boundaries from the perspective of space,and self-regulation and social support from the perspective of system.These findings emphasize the potential of the anti-rhythmization of the body as an effective healthcare pathway as well as providing theoretical guidance for the development of healthcare sojourn settlements to promote health and wellness on a national scale.
healthcare sojournphysical and mental healthrhythm analysissensory experienceemotional experience
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