Loneliness and depression among older European adults: The role of perceived neighborhood built environment.
Por:
Domènech J, Mundó J, Leonardi M, Chatterji S, Tobiasz-Adamczyk B, Koskinen S, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Haro JM and Olaya B
Publicada:
1 mar 2020
Ahead of Print:
28 dic 2019
Resumen:
Depression and loneliness act in a synergistic way among older adults. We tested two indicators of the perceived neighborhood built environment (BE) as moderators of the association between these conditions in older European adults. Positive perceptions of neighborhood BE were related to lower levels of loneliness but not to major depressive disorder (MDD). Reporting low BE usability was significantly related to a higher likelihood of feeling lonely except for those suffering from MDD, whereas reporting low BE walkability was significantly related with a high likelihood of loneliness particularly among those with MDD. Therefore, improving neighborhood BE and, specifically, its walkability, might result in a reduction in the prevalence of loneliness.
Filiaciones:
Domènech J:
Department of Sociology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
Mundó J:
Department of Sociology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Leonardi M:
Department of Neurology, Public Health and Disability, Italian National Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta" Foundation IRCCS (Istituto di ricovero e cura a carattere scientifico), Milan, Italy
Chatterji S:
Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Tobiasz-Adamczyk B:
Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medical Sociology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
Koskinen S:
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
Ayuso-Mateos JL:
Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IP), Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
Haro JM:
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IP), Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
Kind Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Olaya B:
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
Green Accepted
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