Urban Care Farming to Enhance Quality of Life Among Older Adults: Protocol for a Waitlist Randomized Trial

Cynthia Chen   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Jocelin Lam   ¹ , MCSt ;   Zhenye Shi   ¹ , MSc ;   Katika Akksilp   ³ , PhD, MD ;   Su Aw   ¹ , PhD ;   Mary Foong-Fong Chong   ¹ , PhD ;   Choon Nam Ong   ¹ , PhD ;   Angelia Sia   ⁴ , PhD ;   Leng Leng Thang   ⁵ , PhD ;   Xin Kai Tham   ⁶ , BLArch ;   JunXiang Pong   ⁷ , MBA ;   Kartini Omar   ⁴ , BSc ;   Joan Hung   ⁴ , BCom ;   Marek Kukumberg   ⁸ , PhD ;   Roger Ho   ⁹ , MD ;   Elizabeth Diehl   ¹⁰ , RLA, HTM

¹ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

² Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

³ Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Bangkok, Thailand

⁴ Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology Research, National Parks Board, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

⁵ Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

⁶ Terrapy SG, Singapore, Singapore

⁷ Hort Therapeutics, Singapore, Singapore

⁸ Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

⁹ Division of Life Science (LIFS), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

¹⁰ Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States