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Title: | Residential green space is associated with a buffering effect on stress responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in mothers of young children, a prospective study | Authors: | VOS, Stijn BIJNENS, Esmee RENAERS, Eleni CROONS, Hanne VAN DER STUKKEN, Charlotte MARTENS, Dries PLUSQUIN, Michelle NAWROT, Tim |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Publisher: | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Source: | Environmental Research, 208 (Art N° 112603) | Abstract: | Green spaces are associated with increased well-being and reduced risk of developing psychiatric disorders. In this study, we aimed to investigate how residential proximity to green spaces was associated with stress response buffering during the COVID-19 pandemic in a prospective cohort of young mothers. We collected information on stress in 766 mothers (mean age: 36.6 years) from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort at baseline of the study (from 2010 onwards), and during the COVID-19 pandemic (from December 2020 until May 2021). Self-reported stress responses due to the COVID-19 pandemic were the outcome measure. Green space was quantified in several radiuses around the residence based on high-resolution (1 m2) data. Using ordinal logistic regression, we estimated the odds of better resistance to reported stress, while controlling for age, socio-economic status, stress related to care for children, urbanicity, and household change in income during the pandemic. In sensitivity analyses we corrected for pre-pandemic stress levels, BMI, physical activity, and changes in health-related habits during the pandemic. We found that for an inter-quartile range contrast in residential green space 300 m and 500 m around the residence, participants were respectively 24% (OR = 1.24, 95%CI: 1.03 to 1.51) and 29% (OR = 1.29, 95%CI: 1.04 to 1.60) more likely to be in a more resistant category, independent of the aforementioned factors. These results remained robust after additionally controlling for pre-pandemic stress levels, BMI, physical activity, smoking status, urbanicity, psychological disorders, and changes in health-related habits during the pandemic. This prospective study in young mothers highlights the importance of proximity to green spaces, especially during challenging times. | Notes: | Nawrot, TS (corresponding author), Agoralaan Bldg D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. tim.nawrot@uhasselt.be |
Keywords: | COVID-19;Well-being;Stress;Green space;Nature;Epidemiology | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/36670 | ISSN: | 0013-9351 | e-ISSN: | 1096-0953 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112603 | ISI #: | 000752033300008 | Rights: | 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2023 |
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