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Article: Neighbourhood environment and depressive symptoms among the elderly in Hong Kong and Singapore
Title | Neighbourhood environment and depressive symptoms among the elderly in Hong Kong and Singapore |
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Keywords | Depressive symptoms Elderly Neighbourhood environment Hong Kong Singapore |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/home/ |
Citation | International Journal of Health Geographics, 2020, v. 19, p. article no. 48 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background:
Geriatric depression is a growing public health issue worldwide. This study aims at identifying the relevant neighbourhood attributes, separate from the individual-level characteristics, that are related to the onset of depressive disorders among the geriatric population.
Methods:
This study adopts a structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to understand the effect of the neighbourhood environment on geriatric depression, as identified by data collected from community-dwelling elderly living in Hong Kong and Singapore. Using network buffers as the unit of analysis, different features of the neighbourhood environment are captured and analysed. SEM also examines the strength and direction of the relationships using different parameters at both the individual and neighbourhood levels, as well as the prevalence of depressive symptoms among the elderly.
Results:
The total sample size is 347, with 173 and 174 elderly people in Hong Kong and Singapore respectively. The results show that in addition to one’s physical health status, both objective and subjective neighbourhood factors including the size of parks, land use mix, walkability, and connectivity are all statistically significant influential factors in geriatric depression. In particular, enhancing walkability and providing more parks at the neighbourhood level can bring mental health benefits.
Conclusions:
Public health policy initiatives aimed at tackling geriatric depression can be achieved by adopting a holistic and integrative approach to better prepare the neighbourhood environment in an ageing society. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/299750 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.109 |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, WWY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Loo, BPY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mahendran, R | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-26T03:28:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-26T03:28:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Health Geographics, 2020, v. 19, p. article no. 48 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1476-072X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/299750 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Geriatric depression is a growing public health issue worldwide. This study aims at identifying the relevant neighbourhood attributes, separate from the individual-level characteristics, that are related to the onset of depressive disorders among the geriatric population. Methods: This study adopts a structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to understand the effect of the neighbourhood environment on geriatric depression, as identified by data collected from community-dwelling elderly living in Hong Kong and Singapore. Using network buffers as the unit of analysis, different features of the neighbourhood environment are captured and analysed. SEM also examines the strength and direction of the relationships using different parameters at both the individual and neighbourhood levels, as well as the prevalence of depressive symptoms among the elderly. Results: The total sample size is 347, with 173 and 174 elderly people in Hong Kong and Singapore respectively. The results show that in addition to one’s physical health status, both objective and subjective neighbourhood factors including the size of parks, land use mix, walkability, and connectivity are all statistically significant influential factors in geriatric depression. In particular, enhancing walkability and providing more parks at the neighbourhood level can bring mental health benefits. Conclusions: Public health policy initiatives aimed at tackling geriatric depression can be achieved by adopting a holistic and integrative approach to better prepare the neighbourhood environment in an ageing society. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/home/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Health Geographics | - |
dc.rights | International Journal of Health Geographics. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Depressive symptoms | - |
dc.subject | Elderly | - |
dc.subject | Neighbourhood environment | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.subject | Singapore | - |
dc.title | Neighbourhood environment and depressive symptoms among the elderly in Hong Kong and Singapore | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, WWY: lamwwy@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Loo, BPY: bpyloo@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Loo, BPY=rp00608 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12942-020-00238-w | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33187516 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC7663870 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85095942615 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 322538 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 19 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 48 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 48 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000594170100001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |