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Residential Greenspace Is Associated with Lower Levels of Depressive and Burnout Symptoms, and Higher Levels of Life Satisfaction: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Sweden

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  • Yannick Klein

    (Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Petra Lindfors

    (Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Walter Osika

    (Center for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institute, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden
    Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, and Stockholm Health Care Services, 113 64 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Linda L. Magnusson Hanson

    (Stress Research Institute, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Cecilia U. D. Stenfors

    (Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

Population-based studies of individual-level residential greenspace and mental health outcomes are still limited. Thus, the present study investigates greenspace–mental health associations—including depressive symptoms, burnout symptoms, and life satisfaction—in a population-based sample of adults, the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health, in 2016 ( n = 14,641). High-resolution land cover of greenspace and green–blue-space was assessed at 50, 100, 300 and 500 m buffers around residential addresses. Higher residential greenspace and green–blue-space were associated with lower levels of depressive and burnout symptoms among non-working individuals and with higher life satisfaction in the whole study population, after controlling for age, sex, individual income, and neighborhood socioeconomics. The immediate residential-surrounding environment (50 m) consistently showed the strongest associations with the outcomes. Having a partner was associated with better mental health outcomes and with having more residential greenspace, and adjusting for this rendered greenspace–health associations mostly statistically non-significant. In conclusion, higher levels of greenspace and green–blue-space in the immediate residential-surrounding environment were associated with better mental health outcomes in the present study, which contributes additional nuances to prior studies. The importance of residential greenspace for public health, urban planning, and development is discussed.

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  • Yannick Klein & Petra Lindfors & Walter Osika & Linda L. Magnusson Hanson & Cecilia U. D. Stenfors, 2022. "Residential Greenspace Is Associated with Lower Levels of Depressive and Burnout Symptoms, and Higher Levels of Life Satisfaction: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Sweden," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:9:p:5668-:d:809999
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