Department of Sociology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain.
Department of Sociology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Health Place. 2020 Mar;62:102280. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102280. Epub 2019 Dec 28.
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.
抑郁和孤独在老年人中协同作用。我们测试了两个感知邻里建成环境（BE）的指标，作为这些条件在老年欧洲成年人中关联的调节剂。对邻里 BE 的积极看法与较低的孤独感有关，但与重度抑郁症（MDD）无关。报告低 BE 的可用性与感到孤独的可能性显著相关，除了那些患有 MDD 的人，而报告低 BE 的可步行性与孤独的可能性显著相关，特别是那些患有 MDD 的人。因此，改善邻里 BE，特别是其可步行性，可能会降低孤独感的患病率。
