Different types of greenspace within urban parks and depressive symptoms among older U.S. adults living in urban areas.

ABSTRACT: Access to greenspace in the form of urban parks is frequently used to study the mental health benefits of nature and may alleviate depression. However, there is a lack of research that considers the different types of vegetated and non-vegetated spaces that parks can provide. Our aim was to investigate whether different types of accessible park area, grassy; tree covered; and non-vegetated, were associated with depressive symptoms among older (≥50 years) urban US adults. We used interviews from the Health and Retirement Study spanning 2010 through 2016 as our primary data source. We calculated total grassy, tree covered, and non-vegetated park space accessible to participants using a comprehensive national database of US parks and a high resolution (10 m) landcover dataset. To measure depr

SUBMITTER: Fossa AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872149 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature