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Title: | Loneliness and depression among older European adults: the role of perceived neighborhood built environment |
Author: | Domènech Abella, Joan Mundó Blanch, Jordi Leonardi, Matilde Chatterji, Somnath Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Beata Koskinen, Seppo Ayuso Mateos, José Luis Haro Abad, Josep Maria Olaya Guzmán, Beatriz |
Keywords: | Solitud Depressió psíquica Persones grans Envelliment Solitude Mental depression Older people Aging |
Issue Date: | Mar-2020 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | Depression and loneliness act in a synergistic way among older adults. We tested two indicators of the perceived neighborhood built environment (BE) as moderators of the association between these conditions in older European adults. Positive perceptions of neighborhood BE were related to lower levels of loneliness but not to major depressive disorder (MDD). Reporting low BE usability was significantly related to a higher likelihood of feeling lonely except for those suffering from MDD, whereas reporting low BE walkability was significantly related with a high likelihood of loneliness particularly among those with MDD. Therefore, improving neighborhood BE and, specifically, its walkability, might result in a reduction in the prevalence of loneliness. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102280 |
It is part of: | Health & Place, 2020, vol. 62, num. 102280, p. 1-8 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/164737 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102280 |
ISSN: | 1353-8292 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Sociologia) |
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