The built environment and mental health among older adults in Dalian: The mediating role of perceived environmental attributes

Yue, Yafei; Yang, Duo; Owen, Neville; Dyck, Delfien Van

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115333

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“…A study from the United States found that residents living in rural or low density housing areas (OR = 1.29, 95% CI [1.04–1.60]) were more likely to participate in physical activity than residents living in urban or high density housing areas ( OR = 1.23, 95% CI [1.07–1.42]) ( Blackwell, Lucas & Clarke, 2014 ), contrary to that of Hawkesworth et al (2018) , Barnett et al (2016) , and de Sa & Ardern (2014) . As shown in our summary results, there was indeed a correlation between the building density and the PAB of older adults, which suggested the government should take measures to increase the density of housing to encourage this behavior ( Yue et al, 2022 ). As for the significant contradiction, there was a possibility that the relationship between building density and PABs of older adults existed a striking “threshold effect”, namely when it did not exceed a certain threshold, it was consistent with the results of most studies, but when it was greater than this threshold, that was, excessive housing density would limit the older adults’ PBA ( Abdelrahman et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…However, this is contrary to Inoue et al ’s (2011) conclusion that there was no potential relationship between traffic safety and adult PA. These might be explained by the fact that different traffic conditions differed in diverse regions, or the age groups and cognitive conditions of the selected research subjects were various ( Amuzie et al, 2022 ; Yue et al, 2022 ). Consequently, the government can improve the safety of regional traffic in order to promote older adults’ PABs.…”

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Systematic and meta-based evaluation of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity behaviors among older adults

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Chen,

Zhang

et al. 2023

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Objectives Existing assertions about the relationship between various factors of the built environment and physical activity behaviors are inconsistent and warrant further exploration and analysis. Methods This study systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, the Cochrane Library and Google Scholar for the effect of the built environment on the physical activity behaviors of older adults. R software was used to calculate the meta-estimated odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval. Simultaneously, the quality of included studies was evaluated using an observational study quality evaluation standard recommended by American health care quality and research institutions. Results A total of 16 original researches were included in this meta-analysis and eight factors of the built environment were evaluated. These factors which ranked from high to low according to their impact were traffic safety (OR = 1.58, 95% CI [1.14–2.20]), destination accessibility (OR = 1.24, 95% CI [1.06–1.44]), aesthetics of sports venues (OR = 1.21, 95% CI [1.07–1.37]), virescence of sports venues (OR = 1.14, 95% CI [1.06–1.23]), building density (OR = 1.07, 95% CI [1.02–1.13]). Additionally, it seemed that there was no potential association between mixed land use (OR = 1.01, 95% CI [0.92–1.10]), the quality of pedestrian facilities (OR = 1.00, 95% CI [0.92–1.08]) or commercial facilities (OR = 0.94, 95% CI [0.88–1.00]) and physical activity behaviors of older adults. Conclusions The built environment has been found to exhibit a significant relationship with the physical activity behaviors of older adults. It is proposed that factors such as traffic safety, destination accessibility, aesthetics of sports venues, virescence of sports venues, and building density be given more consideration when aiming to promote physical activity levels among older adults.

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Systematic and meta-based evaluation of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity behaviors among older adults

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Zhang

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“…For instance, Kim [17] showed that a perceived walkable destination near one's home is signifcantly associated with a favourable health assessment, while the infuence of the objective built environment is not statistically signifcant. Yue et al [18] also found that the accessibility of daily life service facilities was positively correlated with older people's mental health through the indirect efect of the perceived built environment. Terefore, this study adopts a comprehensive conceptual framework to explore the complicated relationship between objective and perceived built environments and older adults' health.…”

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Understanding the Relationship between Neighbourhood Built Environment and Older Adults’ Health from the Perspective of Housing Differentiation

Qin,

Choi,

Dou

et al. 2024

Health & Social Care in the Community

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Studies have revealed an association between the built environment and the health of older adults. However, few studies distinguish between the objective and perceived built environments and explore their associations with older adults’ health, especially when considering housing differentiation. Drawing on a survey of 426 older adults in ten residential neighbourhoods in Dongfeng Township, Beijing, this study employed structural equation modelling and the Kruskal–Wallis test to analyse the relationship between the built environment of different housing types and older adults’ health. The findings revealed that the objective and perceived environments were significantly associated with older adults’ health, with physical activity and social interactions as mediating factors. The perceived built environment mediates the relationship between the objective built environment and older adults’ health. Moreover, it was observed that the relationship between the built environment and older adults’ health varied depending on housing type, which is a crucial reflection of spatial non-stationary in the relationship between health and environment. Therefore, the varying impacts of different housing types on older adults’ health should not be overlooked when developing planning and other policies for aging-friendly cities.

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“…As the concept of TOD complexes is increasingly perfected, multi-point interconnected, vertically stereoscopic, multi-functional, and downward-extending underground intermediary space has emerged in the TOD complexes of developed countries. Despite numerous advantages, underground intermediary space in TOD complexes is inherently closed, arousing a sense of discomfort (e.g., depression and irritation) among indoor occupants (9) and other negative consequences to people's health (10,11). A luminous environment is among the essential environmental factors that maintain human health, and an absence of natural light induces symptoms such as biorhythmic disturbance and reduced concentration, especially among the staff in such spaces.…”

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Optimization of underground open intermediary space comfort in TOD complexes: A case study of Chongqing, China

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Yufeng²,

Chen³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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Rapid urbanization drives social development, but at the same time brings sustainable development Rapid urbanization drives social development, but at the same time brings sustainable development advantages of expanding underground space and relieving urban traffic congestion. High quality TOD complexes with natural elements in the intermediary space have been considered as one of the important means to address sustainable urban development. Nevertheless, intermediary spaces in TOD complexes face various challenges, such as significant contradictory factors in their physical environment spaces. This study classifies the underground open intermediary space into four types according to the characteristics of TOD complexes. And for these four types'Cthe physical environment—generated by various influencing factors of planar geometric, three-dimensional geometric, and detailed construction elements—is simulated using a numerical simulation method based on a static Taguchi experiment. The results demonstrate that space shape is a primary influencing factor for luminous and thermal environments; the window-atrium ratio (W/A ratio) and hole-atrium ratio (H/A ratio) comprise contradictory factors between the luminous and thermal environments of these spaces; profile inclination angle and sunken plaza height are primary impact factors for the acoustic environment; and skylight type has minimal influence on the physical environment. On average, their luminous and acoustic environment comfort can be improved by 200%; whereas, their thermal environment comfort can be improved by 21% and the potential for optimizing it in their shallow space (underground space depth ≤ 10 m) is relatively low. Subsequently, the necessity of comfort optimization as the passive optimization design of underground open intermediary spaces' physical environment in TOD complexes in the future is discussed. Finally, the feasible path and prospect of how to improve the livability and comfort of the spatial physical environment of TOD complexes are discussed and prospected.

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The built environment and mental health among older adults in Dalian: The mediating role of perceived environmental attributes

Cited by 27 publications

References 147 publications

Systematic and meta-based evaluation of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity behaviors among older adults

Systematic and meta-based evaluation of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity behaviors among older adults

Understanding the Relationship between Neighbourhood Built Environment and Older Adults’ Health from the Perspective of Housing Differentiation

Optimization of underground open intermediary space comfort in TOD complexes: A case study of Chongqing, China

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