The relationship between buildings and health: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The built environment exerts one of the strongest directly measurable effects on physical and mental health, yet the evidence base underpinning the design of healthy urban planning is not fully developed.

Method

This study provides a systematic review of quantitative studies assessing the impact of buildings on health. In total, 7127 studies were identified from a structured search of eight databases combined with manual searching for grey literature. Only quantitative studies conducted between January 2000 and November 2016 were eligible for inclusion. Studies were assessed using the quality assessment tool for quantitative studies.

Results

In total, 39 studies were included in this review. Findings showed consistently that housing refurbishment and modifi

SUBMITTER: Ige J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645246 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature