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PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
卷 44, 期 11, 页码 2449-2460出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713003255
关键词
Epidemiology; longitudinal studies; mental health; social environment; social medicine
资金
- Welsh Assembly Government/UK Medical Research Council Health Research Partnership Award [H07-3-030]
- British Heart Foundation
- Cancer Research UK
- Economic and Social Research Council [RES-590-28-0005]
- Medical Research Council
- Welsh Assembly Government
- Wellcome Trust under the UK Clinical Research Collaboration [WT087640MA]
- MRC [MR/K006525/1, MR/K023233/1, G0902108] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/K023233/1, MR/K006525/1, G0902108] Funding Source: researchfish
Background. The common mental disorders (CMDs) of anxiety and depression are the most common form of poor mental health in the general population. Evidence from the small number of previous cohort studies on the role of neighbourhood factors in mental health is inconclusive. We tested the hypothesis that high levels of neighbourhood social cohesion modify an adverse association between change in individual mental health and neighbourhood deprivation. Method. We carried out a longitudinal multilevel analysis using data from the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Cohort Study with a 7-year follow-up (n=4426; age range 18-74 years at baseline). Neighbourhood deprivation and neighbourhood social cohesion were assessed at baseline and change in mental health between follow-up and baseline was assessed using the five-item Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5). Results. Residence in the most deprived neighbourhoods was negatively associated with change in mental health, after adjusting for baseline individual socio-economic risk factors and transitions in life events. This negative effect was significantly reduced in high social cohesion neighbourhoods. The predicted change in mental health score was calculated for the 10th and 90th centiles of the household low-income distribution. The difference between them was -2.8 in the low social cohesion group and 1.1 in the high cohesion group. The difference between the groups was 3.9 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.2-7.6]. Conclusions. The public health burden of poor mental health and mental health inequality could potentially be reduced by strengthening social cohesion in deprived neighbourhoods. This offers a mechanism to address the adverse effect of neighbourhood deprivation on population mental health.
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