Residential greenspace and major depression among older adults living in urban and suburban areas with different climates across the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Residential greenspace could alleviate depression - a leading cause of disability. Fewer studies of depression and greenspace have considered major depression, and, to our knowledge, none have considered how climate, which determines vegetation abundance and type, may change the impacts of greenspace. Our aim was to investigate whether residential greenspace is associated with major depression among older adults and explore effect modification by climate.

Methods

We used biennial interviews between 2008 and 2016 from the Health and Retirement Study. We calculated greenness within walking distance of home addresses as the maximum NDVI for the year of each participant interview averaged within a 1 km buffer. Reflecting clinical criteria, a score of ≥5 on the

SUBMITTER: Fossa AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884684 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature