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Association between Urban Greenness and Depressive Symptoms: Evaluation of Greenness Using Various Indicators

An increasing number of studies have suggested benefits of greenness exposure on mental health. We examined the association between urban greenness and depressive symptoms in adults in the general population living in the seven major cities in Korea (N = 65,128). Using data from the Korean Community...

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Autores principales: Song, Hyeonjin, Lane, Kevin James, Kim, Honghyok, Kim, Hyomi, Byun, Garam, Le, Minh, Choi, Yongsoo, Park, Chan Ryul, Lee, Jong-Tae
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30634488
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020173
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author Song, Hyeonjin
Lane, Kevin James
Kim, Honghyok
Kim, Hyomi
Byun, Garam
Le, Minh
Choi, Yongsoo
Park, Chan Ryul
Lee, Jong-Tae
author_facet Song, Hyeonjin
Lane, Kevin James
Kim, Honghyok
Kim, Hyomi
Byun, Garam
Le, Minh
Choi, Yongsoo
Park, Chan Ryul
Lee, Jong-Tae
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description An increasing number of studies have suggested benefits of greenness exposure on mental health. We examined the association between urban greenness and depressive symptoms in adults in the general population living in the seven major cities in Korea (N = 65,128). Using data from the Korean Community Health Survey 2009, depressive symptoms were measured on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Greenness was assessed using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and land-use data (forest area and forest volume). Logistic regression models were fitted to adjust for potential confounders. Individuals in regions with the highest NDVI (quartile 4) had the lowest odds for depressive symptoms compared to quartile 1, after adjusting for potential confounders (OR = 0.813; 95% CI: 0.747, 0.884). For all greenness indicators except for forest area per district area (%), the highest rate of depressive symptoms was found for the individuals in the lowest quartile of greenness (quartile 1) and the lowest rate of depressive symptoms for those in the highest quartile of greenness (quartile 4). We found an inverse association between urban greenness and depressive symptoms, which was consistent across a variety of greenness indicators. Our study suggests health benefits of greenness and could provide a scientific basis for policy making and urban planning.
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spelling pubmed-63522342019-02-01 Association between Urban Greenness and Depressive Symptoms: Evaluation of Greenness Using Various Indicators Song, Hyeonjin Lane, Kevin James Kim, Honghyok Kim, Hyomi Byun, Garam Le, Minh Choi, Yongsoo Park, Chan Ryul Lee, Jong-Tae Int J Environ Res Public Health Article An increasing number of studies have suggested benefits of greenness exposure on mental health. We examined the association between urban greenness and depressive symptoms in adults in the general population living in the seven major cities in Korea (N = 65,128). Using data from the Korean Community Health Survey 2009, depressive symptoms were measured on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Greenness was assessed using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and land-use data (forest area and forest volume). Logistic regression models were fitted to adjust for potential confounders. Individuals in regions with the highest NDVI (quartile 4) had the lowest odds for depressive symptoms compared to quartile 1, after adjusting for potential confounders (OR = 0.813; 95% CI: 0.747, 0.884). For all greenness indicators except for forest area per district area (%), the highest rate of depressive symptoms was found for the individuals in the lowest quartile of greenness (quartile 1) and the lowest rate of depressive symptoms for those in the highest quartile of greenness (quartile 4). We found an inverse association between urban greenness and depressive symptoms, which was consistent across a variety of greenness indicators. Our study suggests health benefits of greenness and could provide a scientific basis for policy making and urban planning. MDPI 2019-01-09 2019-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6352234/ /pubmed/30634488 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020173 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lee, Jong-Tae
Association between Urban Greenness and Depressive Symptoms: Evaluation of Greenness Using Various Indicators
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title_short Association between Urban Greenness and Depressive Symptoms: Evaluation of Greenness Using Various Indicators
title_sort association between urban greenness and depressive symptoms: evaluation of greenness using various indicators
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30634488
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020173
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