Does time spent on visits to green space mediate the associations between the level of residential greenness and mental health?

《Does time spent on visits to green space mediate the associations between the level of residential greenness and mental health?》

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来源: URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,Vol.25,P.94-102

语言: 英文

关键字: Cross-sectional study; Green space; Mental health; Mediation; Residential greenness; Time spent on visits; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; BENEFITS; FRAMEWORK; STRESS; INDICATORS; VEGETATION; EXPOSURE; BARON

作者单位: [van den Berg, Magdalena; van Poppel, Mireille; van Mechelen, Willem; Maas, Jolanda] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Publ & Occupat Hlth, Med Ctr, Boechorststr 7, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands. [van den Berg, Magdalena; van Poppel, Mireille; van Mechelen, Willem; Maas, Jolanda] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, EMGO Inst Hlth & Care Res, Med Ctr, Boechorststr 7, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands. [Smith, Graham] Staffordshire Univ, Inst Environm Sustainabil & Regenerat, Leek Rd, Stoke On Trent ST4 2DF, Staffs, England. [Gidlow, Christopher] Staffordshire Univ, Ctr Sport Hlth & Exercise Res, Leek Rd, Stoke On Trent ST4 2DF, Staffs, England. [van Kamp, Irene; Kruize, Hanneke] Natl Inst Publ Hlth & Environm RIVM, Ctr Sustainabil Environm & Hlth, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, NL-3721 MA Bilthoven, Netherlands. [Triguero-Mas, Margarita; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.] Ctr Res Environm Epidemiol CREAL, ISGlobal, Barcelona Biomed Res Pk,Dr Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain. [Triguero-Mas, Margarita; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.] UPF, Pl Merce 10, Barcelona 08002, Spain. [Triguero-Mas, Margarita; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.] CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, C Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28029, Spain. [Andrusaityte, Sandra; Grazuleviciene, Regina] Vytauto Didziojo Univ, K Donelaicio G 58, LT-44248 Kaunas, Lithuania. [Maas, Jolanda] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Clin Neuro & Dev Psychol, Boechorststr 1, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands. [van Poppel, Mireille] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Inst Sport Sci, Mozartgasse 14, A-8010 Graz, Austria. van den Berg, M (reprint author), Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Publ & Occupat Hlth, Med Ctr, Boechorststr 7, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands.; van den Berg, M (reprint author), Vrije Univ Amsterdam, EMGO Inst Hlth & Care Res, Med Ctr, Boechorststr 7, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands. E-Mail: mm.vandenberg@vumc.nl; mnm.vanpoppel@vumc.nl; g.r.smith@staffs.ac.uk; margarita.triguero@isglobal.org; s.andrusaityte@gmf.vdu.lt; irene.van.kamp@rivm.nl; w.vanmechelen@vumc.nl; c.gidlow@staffs.ac.uk; r.grazuleviciene@gmf.vdu.lt; mark.nieuwenhuijsen@isglobal.org; hanneke.kruize@rivm.nl; jolanda.maas@vu.nl

摘要: Objective: The objective of the current study was to explore whether time spent visiting green space near home acts as a mediator in the association between level of residential greenness and perceived mental health. Methods: Questionnaire data and satellite data of residential greenness were gathered in four European cities (total n = 3748): Barcelona (SP), Doetinchem (NL), Kaunas (LT) and Stoke-on-Trent (UK). Results: Mediation analyses showed that time spent visiting green space near home was a weak, but statistically significant, mediator in the pooled data and in the Dutch sample only. Conclusions: The findings provide little support for the hypothesis that purposeful visits are a mediator linking indirectly greenness with mental health. More research is needed to explore other mediators related to different exposure pathways, such as visual exposure, and alternative mechanisms, such as (perceived) safety.