Norway University of life sciences and University of Uppsala, Sweden, a new study shows that in the office table to put some plants in the pot, the health benefits of the office staff.
Researchers conducted a study of 385 office workers, analyzing whether a potted plant would affect their sick leave rate. The results showed that the office space put a few potted plants, help to alleviate the pressure of office staff, can improve their fatigue, dry throat, dry skin, headache, cough and other symptoms. The more plants in the office, the less sick they are.
A study in the United States had found, if put some potted plants in the room, the staff of the office of the strain rate will be accelerated, the response time will increase 12% and psychological pressure will also reduce the, blood pressure is low.
The researchers explained that the office is often filled with volatile organic compounds, which may be detrimental to the health of the volatile organic compounds. However, plants and bacteria in the soil will reduce the concentration of volatile organic compounds, so put a pot on the desk to help the health of Yu Zengqiang staff. And from a psychological point of view, because people have always believed that plants are good for health, so people often close to the health of their health status is more optimistic.
The researchers point out that the study also confirmed that ordinary household plants help to slow down the psychological pressure, the concept of leaf plants can make the workplace dust concentration decreased by 20%. Therefore, in the workplace put some plants than to put some flowering plants better. This is mainly because the concept of leaves of plant leaf surface area is larger, can produce more oxygen, and contribute to the decomposition of toxic substances in the air.
(Cao Shufen compiler)