绿蓝空间暴露的变化和对个人健康和心理健康的影响:全民动态纵向面板研究,与相关的调查数据联系在一起
Rebecca S Geary1, Daniel A Thompson2, Joanne K Garrett3
1Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Public health research (Southampton, England)
|November 6, 2023
概括
居住在绿色和蓝色空间附近与更好的心理健康和福祉有关. 虽然随着时间的推移,这些空间的变化没有产生影响,但持续暴露和休访问与积极的心理健康结果有关.
科学领域:
- 环境流行病学环境流行病学
- 公共卫生研究 公共卫生研究
- 空间分析 空间分析
背景情况:
- 横截面研究表明,接近绿色和蓝色空间与心理健康之间存在积极的关联.
- 对绿色和蓝色空间变化对心理健康的影响的纵向证据有限.
研究的目的:
- 量化绿色和蓝色空间变化对常见心理健康障碍,福祉和医疗服务利用的影响.
- 调查住宅绿色和蓝色空间暴露与心理健康结果之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一个回顾性,动态的纵向面板研究,使用威尔士超过28万成年人的电子队列 (2008-2019).
- 使用了一般实践记录,威尔士国家调查和空间数据 (增强的植被指数,进入绿色/蓝色空间).
- 采用多级回归和通用线性模型来分析关联.
主要成果:
- 纵向分析发现绿色和蓝色空间的"变化"对常见精神健康障碍没有影响.
- 对绿色和蓝色空间和休访问的时间总和暴露与改善幸福感和减少寻求心理健康障碍治疗的可能性有关.
- 更大的环境绿色和在绿色/蓝色空间度过的时间增加显示了与幸福感的U形关联,以及寻求心理健康护理的几率降低.
结论:
- 虽然绿色和蓝色空间的动态变化并没有直接影响精神健康,但持续的暴露和利用与好处有关.
- 住宅绿色和蓝色空间与改善福祉和减少心理健康服务的使用有关.
- 城市人口和物质贫困人口可能会从绿色和蓝色空间暴露和户外休时间中获得不同的好处.
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