The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study explores how windows with a green view might affect the mental health (i.e., depressive/anxiety symptoms) of home-isolated populations. An online survey was conducted among 508 adults isolated under government quarantine policies for COVID-19 emergency pandemic control between 10 and 20 J...

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Autores principales: Bi, Wangqin, Jiang, Xinyi, Li, Huijun, Cheng, Yingyi, Jia, Xingxing, Mao, Yuheng, Zhao, Bing
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011800
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610165
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author Bi, Wangqin
Jiang, Xinyi
Li, Huijun
Cheng, Yingyi
Jia, Xingxing
Mao, Yuheng
Zhao, Bing
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Jiang, Xinyi
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Jia, Xingxing
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description This study explores how windows with a green view might affect the mental health (i.e., depressive/anxiety symptoms) of home-isolated populations. An online survey was conducted among 508 adults isolated under government quarantine policies for COVID-19 emergency pandemic control between 10 and 20 January 2022 in Xi’an, China. Structural equation modeling was employed to identify the pathways from green view through windows to isolated people’s depressive/anxiety symptoms. The relative frequency of plant/water exposure through windows was associated with fewer depressive/anxiety symptoms. Home-isolated people during COVID-19 reported better mental health when they were exposed to more natural settings. These findings could inspire public health authorities to adopt nature-based solutions to mitigate the adverse mental health consequences of isolated populations during the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-94083382022-08-26 The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic Bi, Wangqin Jiang, Xinyi Li, Huijun Cheng, Yingyi Jia, Xingxing Mao, Yuheng Zhao, Bing Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study explores how windows with a green view might affect the mental health (i.e., depressive/anxiety symptoms) of home-isolated populations. An online survey was conducted among 508 adults isolated under government quarantine policies for COVID-19 emergency pandemic control between 10 and 20 January 2022 in Xi’an, China. Structural equation modeling was employed to identify the pathways from green view through windows to isolated people’s depressive/anxiety symptoms. The relative frequency of plant/water exposure through windows was associated with fewer depressive/anxiety symptoms. Home-isolated people during COVID-19 reported better mental health when they were exposed to more natural settings. These findings could inspire public health authorities to adopt nature-based solutions to mitigate the adverse mental health consequences of isolated populations during the pandemic. MDPI 2022-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9408338/ /pubmed/36011800 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610165 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bi, Wangqin
Jiang, Xinyi
Li, Huijun
Cheng, Yingyi
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Mao, Yuheng
Zhao, Bing
The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short The More Natural the Window, the Healthier the Isolated People—A Pathway Analysis in Xi’an, China, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort more natural the window, the healthier the isolated people—a pathway analysis in xi’an, china, during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011800
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610165
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