The mental health benefits of visiting canals and rivers: An ecological momentary assessment study.
The mental health benefits of visiting canals and rivers: An ecological momentary assessment study.
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来访运河和河流的心理健康益处：一项生态瞬时评估研究。
DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0271306
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发表时间：
2022
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Mechelli, Andrea
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作者：
Bergou, Nicol;Hammoud, Ryan;Smythe, Michael;Gibbons, Jo;Davidson, Neil;Tognin, Stefania;Reeves, Graeme;Shepherd, Jenny;Mechelli, Andrea
现有的证据表明，在大自然中对健康有积极的影响，但我们对在运河和河流附近度过时间的心理健康益处知之甚少。这项研究调查了参观运河和河流与心理健康之间的关系。我们解决了以下问题：参观运河和河流是否与更高水平的心理健康有关？这种关联是否取决于年龄和性别？这种关联在有精神疾病诊断和没有精神疾病诊断的人之间是否存在差异？我们使用了Urban Mind，这是一款灵活的智能手机应用程序，用于检查建筑和社会环境的不同方面对心理健康的影响，这是心理健康的一个强有力的预测因素。参与者被邀请完成一项为期14天的生态瞬时评估，每天三次。每项评估都包括关于他们周围环境和心理健康的问题。共有299名参与者完成了7，975项评估，其中87名被诊断患有精神疾病。多水平回归模型被用来分析数据。我们发现，与其他任何地方相比，以及与绿色空间相比，参观运河和河流与心理健康之间存在正相关（p <0.05）。在访问之后，精神健康状况的改善仍然很明显。在调整年龄，性别，种族和教育之后，这些影响仍然显着，并且在有和没有精神疾病诊断的人中是一致的。花时间在运河和河流附近与更好的心理健康有关。这些发现对心理健康以及城市规划和政策具有潜在的影响。参观运河和河流可以成为社会处方计划的一部分，在预防心理健康困难和补充更传统的干预措施方面发挥作用。
Existing evidence shows positive effects of being in nature on wellbeing, but we know little about the mental health benefits of spending time near canals and rivers specifically. This study investigates the association between visits to canals and rivers and mental wellbeing. We addressed the following questions: Are visits to canals and rivers associated with higher levels of mental wellbeing? Does this association depend on age and gender? Does this association vary between people with and without a diagnosis on mental illness? We used Urban Mind, a flexible smartphone application for examining the impact of different aspects of the built and social environment on mental wellbeing, a strong predictor of mental health. Participants were invited to complete an ecological momentary assessment three times a day for fourteen days. Each assessment included questions about their surrounding environment and mental wellbeing. A total of 7,975 assessments were completed by 299 participants including 87 with a diagnosis of mental illness. Multilevel regression models were used to analyse the data. We found positive associations between visits to canals and rivers and mental wellbeing (p < .05) when compared to being anywhere else and when compared to being in green spaces. Increases in mental wellbeing were still evident after the visit had taken place. These effects remained significant after adjusting for age, gender, ethnicity and education, and were consistent in people with and without a diagnosis of mental illness. Spending time near canals and rivers is associated with better mental wellbeing. These findings have potential implications for mental health as well as urban planning and policy. Visits to canals and rivers could become part of social prescribing schemes, playing a role in preventing mental health difficulties and complementing more traditional interventions.
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