Mental health and the built environment: Cross – sectional survey of individual and contextual risk factors for depression

Weich, Scott; Blanchard, Martin; Prince, Martin; Burton, Elizabeth; Erens, Bob; Sproston, Kerry

doi:10.1192/bjp.180.5.428

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“…From univariate analysis and the published literature (28)(29)(30)(31)34) , age, marital status, education, annual family income, religion and living alone were identified as possible confounders.…”

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Psychological distress, gender and dietary factors in South Asians: a cross-sectional survey

Bhattacharyya

Marston

Walters

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Psychological distress, defined as symptoms of depression and anxiety, is an increasingly important public health issue in developing countries. Little is known about the extent to which adverse dietary factors are associated with psychological distress in South Asians. Our aim was to compare the associations of diet and psychological distress in men and women in Goa, India. Design: Cross-sectional study of consecutive attendees in nine urban and rural general practices in Goa, India in 2004-2005. All participants completed an FFQ on their dietary intake in a typical week. Psychological distress was measured using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), a WHO-validated screening instrument. Results: Consecutive attendees (n 1512; 601 men and 911 women) aged 30 to 75 years participated. Moderate and high scores of psychological distress were detected in significantly more women than men (eighty-eight men v. 264 women, unadjusted OR 5 0?39; 95 % CI 0?29, 0?52). Those who ate one or more portions of fish weekly had nearly half the prevalence of distress in both sexes (women, OR 5 0?52; 95 % CI 0?29, 0?91; men, OR 5 0?50; 95 % CI 0?25, 0?99) and this was independent of age, marital status, education, income, religion and living alone. Conclusions: Psychological distress is significantly lower with fish intake in both sexes. Further longitudinal work is needed to establish temporal relationships. Addressing psychological distress is becoming an increasingly significant public health priority in both high-and low-income countries.

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“…Age, marital status, religion, living alone and highest qualification were the sociodemographic factors chosen a priori as they were believed to be related to both distress and diet based on previous literature (28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33) . No information was collected on diagnosis or treatments for psychological disorders.…”

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Psychological distress, gender and dietary factors in South Asians: a cross-sectional survey

Bhattacharyya

Marston

Walters

et al. 2013

Public Health Nutr.

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“…McKenzie et al (2002) argue that the social network mental disorders like schizophrenia. Weich et al (2002) consider the built environment, finding that deck-access and recently built housing are associated with depression. Weich et al (2005) also examined the importance of the household, finding similar levels of depression among cohabiting individuals.…”

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Life-course and cohort trajectories of mental health in the UK, 1991–2008 – A multilevel age–period–cohort analysis

Bell

2014

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“…Some literature exploring the relationship between the built environment do exist and found that residence in a built environment of poor quality is associated with a greater incidence of depression. 32, 33 Matheson and colleagues 23 also found residential mobility and material deprivation associated with depression. Poorer neighborhood conditions have also been related to higher stress levels.…”

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The Urban Built Environment and Associations with Women’s Psychosocial Health

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The determinants that underlie a healthy or unhealthy pregnancy are complex and not well understood. We assess the relationship between the built environment and maternal psychosocial status using directly observed residential neighborhood characteristics (housing damage, property disorder, tenure status, vacancy, security measures, violent crime, and nuisances) and a wide range of psychosocial attributes (interpersonal support evaluation list, self-efficacy, John Henryism active coping, negative partner support, Perceived Stress Scale, perceived racism, Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression) on a pregnant cohort of women living in the urban core of Durham, NC, USA. We found some associations between built environment characteristic and psychosocial health varied by exposure categorization approach, while others (residence in environments with more rental property is associated with higher reported active coping and negative partner support) were consistent across exposure categorizations. This study outlines specific neighborhood characteristics that are modifiable risk markers and therefore important targets for increased research and public health intervention.

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Mental health and the built environment: Cross – sectional survey of individual and contextual risk factors for depression

Abstract: The prevalence of depression was associated with independently rated features of the built environment, independent of individuals' socio-economic status and internal characteristics of dwellings.

Cited by 274 publications

References 19 publications

Psychological distress, gender and dietary factors in South Asians: a cross-sectional survey

Psychological distress, gender and dietary factors in South Asians: a cross-sectional survey

Life-course and cohort trajectories of mental health in the UK, 1991–2008 – A multilevel age–period–cohort analysis

The Urban Built Environment and Associations with Women’s Psychosocial Health

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