The effects of personal green spaces on human’s mental health and anxiety symptoms during COVID-19: The case of apartment residents in Tehran

Khaledi, Hanieh Jafari; Faizi, Mohsen; Khakzand, Mehdi

doi:10.3389/fbuil.2022.981582

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“…Therefore, the mental health benefits of indoor green spaces have drawn immediate attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the relationship between indoor green spaces and senior mental health has become a research hotspot from 2020-2021. One study found that personal green spaces also reduced depression and anxiety levels of apartment residents during the COVID-19 pandemic [48]. Therefore, personal green spaces are as important as public green spaces for mental health benefits.…”

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Global Trends in Green Space and Senior Mental Health Studies: Bibliometric Review

Shen

Cui

2023

IJERPH

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The Sustainable Development Goals and the World Health Organization have prioritized senior mental health as an important goal. Senior mental health is a critical issue within the global public health sphere. Notably, green spaces are a useful alternative for improving senior mental health. Many studies have focused on green space and senior mental health, especially on their connection and relationship. However, this research topic lacks a comprehensive and systematic review. Owing to the lack of critical reviews, this study clarified the trend, progress, status, and focus of studies on green spaces and senior mental health using bibliometric analysis of literature within the Web of Science database. The literature analysis within this study specifically focused on the following, including the country/region contribution analysis, institution contribution analysis, keyword analysis, and highly productive journal analysis. Furthermore, this study systematically recorded the content of green space and senior mental health, identified the gap that exists, and provided future frontier directions or issues for research. These contribute toward comprehending the progress and content of this research topic and further provide a guide, reference, and inspiration for possible future research.

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Section: Research Trend Development and Hotspotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Trends in Green Space and Senior Mental Health Studies: Bibliometric Review

Shen

Cui

2023

IJERPH

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Nature exposure and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Navigation Guide systematic review with meta-analysis

Patwary,

Bardhan,

Disha

et al. 2024

Environmental Pollution

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The Effects of Greenery in Balconies of Apartments on People’s Well-Being: Using Virtual Reality

Nazif,

Yousefi

2024

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The issue of well-being in the built environment has received considerable critical attention in recent years. Especially during COVID-19, when people had to stay indoors and stay away from green spaces, the importance of balconies increased. The paper will in particular focus on the potential to design balconies with sufficient greenery in buildings that contributes to people’s well-being. To test this hypothesis, virtual reality (VR) technology and experiments were conducted with 45 participants. Virtual reality is a tool that provides the conditions for users to immerse themselves in their surroundings. Participants were randomly assigned to three separate groups, each consisting of two different VR environments and asked them oral questions based on a standard questionnaire (well-being in the built environment) to test which balcony is more effective in increasing well-being. The importance and originality of this study is that it evaluates well-being on balconies via virtual reality. The results show that greenery on the balcony could affect people’s well-being. The most obvious finding to emerge from the analysis is that greenery on balconies has significant differences in well-being. In such balconies, people feel happier, satisfied, connected to others, have independence and have the ability to do something successfully, which leads to better mental health. Further analysis showed that the amount of greenery on the balcony makes no difference. In other words, with a small number (for instance, number of pots), the well-being can be improved. Moreover, the tests revealed that individuals of different ages and gender have no major significance in well-being on balconies.

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The effects of personal green spaces on human’s mental health and anxiety symptoms during COVID-19: The case of apartment residents in Tehran

Cited by 3 publications

References 79 publications

Global Trends in Green Space and Senior Mental Health Studies: Bibliometric Review

Global Trends in Green Space and Senior Mental Health Studies: Bibliometric Review

Nature exposure and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Navigation Guide systematic review with meta-analysis

The Effects of Greenery in Balconies of Apartments on People’s Well-Being: Using Virtual Reality

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