期刊
HEALTH & PLACE
卷 17, 期 4, 页码 867-874出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.05.003
关键词
Mental wellbeing; Neighbourhood cohesion; Neighbourhood problems; Area deprivation; Emotional stability
资金
- Medical Research Council
- Arthritis Research Campaign
- British Heart Foundation
- National Osteoporosis Society
- Wellcome Trust
- University of Southampton
- New Dynamics of Ageing Research programme
- Scottish Executive National Programme
- NHS Health Scotland
- ESRC [ES/G00773X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MC_UP_A620_1015] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/G00773X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MC_UP_A620_1015, U1475000002, MC_UP_A620_1014, U1475000001] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0508-10082] Funding Source: researchfish
Little is known about the potential effects of neighbourhood environment on positive mental health in older people. We examined cross-sectional associations between the index of multiple deprivation score of the census area of residence, perceptions of neighbourhood cohesion and neighbourhood problems and mental wellbeing, as measured by the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, in 1157 men and women aged 69-78 years from Hertfordshire, UK. We found no association between area-level deprivation and mental wellbeing. People who felt a stronger sense of cohesion within their neighbourhood and reported fewer neighbourhood problems had higher levels of mental wellbeing, independently of social class, income, presence of limiting illness or disability, mobility problems, and perceived social support. Adjustment for emotional stability attenuated the associations between mental wellbeing and both of these measures of perceived neighbourhood environment, particularly in the case of neighbourhood problems. How older people feel about their neighbourhood may be important for positive mental health in later life. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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