Residential Greenspace Is Associated with Lower Levels of Depressive and Burnout Symptoms, and Higher Levels of Life Satisfaction: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Sweden

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Walter Osika¹  Petra Lindfors²  Yannick Klein²  Cecilia U. D. Stenfors²  Linda L. Magnusson Hanson³ 

[1] Center for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institute, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden;Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden;Stress Research Institute, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: green infrastructure;    urban;    nature;    mental health;    epidemiological studies;    city-planning;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph19095668

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Population-based studies of individual-level residential greenspace and mental health outcomes are still limited. Thus, the present study investigates greenspace–mental health associations—including depressive symptoms, burnout symptoms, and life satisfaction—in a population-based sample of adults, the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health, in 2016 (n = 14,641). High-resolution land cover of greenspace and green–blue-space was assessed at 50, 100, 300 and 500 m buffers around residential addresses. Higher residential greenspace and green–blue-space were associated with lower levels of depressive and burnout symptoms among non-working individuals and with higher life satisfaction in the whole study population, after controlling for age, sex, individual income, and neighborhood socioeconomics. The immediate residential-surrounding environment (50 m) consistently showed the strongest associations with the outcomes. Having a partner was associated with better mental health outcomes and with having more residential greenspace, and adjusting for this rendered greenspace–health associations mostly statistically non-significant. In conclusion, higher levels of greenspace and green–blue-space in the immediate residential-surrounding environment were associated with better mental health outcomes in the present study, which contributes additional nuances to prior studies. The importance of residential greenspace for public health, urban planning, and development is discussed.

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