Depression among middle-aged adults in Japan: The role of the built environment design

Koohsari, Mohammad Javad; Yasunaga, Akitomo; McCormack, Gavin R.; Shibata, Ai; Ishii, Kaori; Nakaya, Tomoki; Hanibuchi, Tomoya; Nagai, Yukari; Oka, Koichiro

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104651

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“…On the one hand, Mohammad and his colleagues reported that better availability of physical activity destinations is important, but many things, including building design, transport infrastructure, residential density and street connectivity, affect people's behavior [30,32,33]. Given the reports, to clearly confirm the relationship between the living environment and RMVPA, all potential factors mentioned above should be considered.…”

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Relationship between Living Environments and Recreational Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity Engagement in the Older Korean Population

Kim,

Kim

2023

J Health Info Stat

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Objectives: This study aimed to explore the relationship between living environments, such as regions, towns and dwelling types, and recreational moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (RMVPA) engagement in the older Korean population.Methods: A total of 7,594 male and female subjects aged ≥ 60 years were included. To evaluate living environments, participants’ regions, towns and dwelling types were each sorted into two conditions: (1) special regions (i.e., South Korea’s capital city and six metropolitan regions, the largest cities in each province) and (2) other regions; (1) dongs (urbanized areas) and (2) eups and myeons (rural areas); and (1) apartments and (2) houses. RMVPA was assessed using the short form of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and separated into tertiles.Results: The percentages of the lowest tertiles of RMVPA in other regions, eups and myeons, and houses were higher than those in one special and six metropolitan regions, dongs and apartments. However, the percentages of middle and highest tertiles showed the opposite results (p< 0.001 for all). Subjects living in special regions, dongs and apartments were 1.56, 1.94, 1.42, 1.66, 1.78, and 1.24 times more likely to be in the middle RMVPA tertile in male and female subjects, respectively, relative to those in other regions, eups and myeons, and houses (p< 0.01 for all). Those living in special regions, dongs and apartments were 1.80, 2.57, 1.52, 1.85, 2.23, and 1.21 times more likely to be in the highest RMVPA tertile in male and female subjects, respectively, relative to those in other regions, eups and myeons, and houses (p< 0.05 for all).Conclusions: Living in an apartment in a large, urbanized city may be positively related to higher RMVPA engagement in the older Korean population, regardless of sex.

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Relationship between Living Environments and Recreational Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity Engagement in the Older Korean Population

Kim,

Kim

2023

J Health Info Stat

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“…The dense layout of trams and other transportation networks makes them susceptible to noise [80]. Tokyo residents have a high proportion of commuters who often experience stress or depression owing to their work and relationships [80,81]. Tokyo's high population density, intensive land use, and narrow roads have not left much space for road greening.…”

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Sustainable Urban Green Blue Space (UGBS) and Public Participation: Integrating Multisensory Landscape Perception from Online Reviews

Zhang

Ning³

et al. 2023

Land

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The integration of multisensory-based public subjective perception into planning, management, and policymaking is of great significance for the sustainable development and protection of UGBS. Online reviews are a suitable data source for this issue, which includes information about public sentiment, perception of the physical environment, and sensory description. This study adopts the deep learning method to obtain effective information from online reviews and found that in 105 major sites of Tokyo (23 districts), the public overall perception level is not balanced. Rich multi-sense will promote the perception level, especially hearing and somatosensory senses that have a higher positive prediction effect than vision, and overall perception can start improving by optimizing these two senses. Even if only one adverse sense exists, it will seriously affect the perception level, such as bad smell and noise. Optimizing the physical environment by adding natural elements for different senses is conducive to overall perception. Sensory maps can help to quickly find areas that require improvement. This study provides a new method for rapid multisensory analysis and complementary public participation for specific situations, which helps to increase the well-being of UGBS and give play to its multi-functionality.

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“…In particular, the field of environmental medicine has focused on the effects of exposure to nature on improving physical and mental health [14][15][16]. The field of urban environmental studies has highlighted the importance of natural elements in urban infrastructure for more livable urban environments [17][18][19][20]. Research and subjective experience strongly support the idea that nature has net positive health benefits for humans [21][22][23][24].…”

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Effect of Nature Space on Enhancing Humans’ Health and Well-Being: An Integrative Narrative Review

Zhang,

Ye,

Yang

et al. 2024

Forests

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With the progress of science and technology, humans’ ability to transform and create has been greatly enhanced, but so have the physical and mental ailments associated with environmental degradation and urbanization. Human survival and health are strongly linked to nature, and there is growing evidence that exposure to nature promotes health and well-being. However, there is currently a lack of synthesis among empirical studies on these aspects for the findings to be sufficient for informing public health strategies and social policy. Here, following basic guidelines for systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched PubMed, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and Scopus databases in January 2023. The results of our search and analysis show that nature can improve people’s health and well-being from two aspects: physical (reduces CVDs, increases immunity, improves autonomic nervous system function, and improves sleep quality) and psychological (restores attention, improves mood, reduces stress, and improves cognitive development). The ways in which people derive health from nature are varied, and tailored, personalized, symptom-specific exposure can further increase the health benefits. More importantly, it seems that people can gain the health benefits of nature by only being exposed to it for a short time. We incorporate the existing scientific evidence in our review and develop a new heuristic point of view on the necessity of exposure to natural environments for the health of individuals.

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Depression among middle-aged adults in Japan: The role of the built environment design

Cited by 8 publications

References 69 publications

Relationship between Living Environments and Recreational Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity Engagement in the Older Korean Population

Relationship between Living Environments and Recreational Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity Engagement in the Older Korean Population

Sustainable Urban Green Blue Space (UGBS) and Public Participation: Integrating Multisensory Landscape Perception from Online Reviews

Effect of Nature Space on Enhancing Humans’ Health and Well-Being: An Integrative Narrative Review

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