Urban residential tree canopy and perceived stress among pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association of urban residential tree canopy cover with perceived stress in a cohort of pregnant women in Philadelphia, PA, and explore whether this association differed among participants with a history of anxiety and depression.

Study design

We performed a secondary analysis of 1294 participants of the Motherhood & Microbiome (M&M) pregnancy cohort who lived in Philadelphia, with first visit perceived stress (Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-14), and key covariate data. Tree canopy cover was calculated as percent cover within 100 and 500 m radii buffers around participants' homes. We performed multilevel mixed effects linear regression models, with perceived stress as the dependent variable. The main independent variable was tree canopy coverage

SUBMITTER: Nguemeni Tiako MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485251 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature