Access and Use of Green and Blue Spaces for Memory and Physical Health.

IF 1 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Southern Medical Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001845

Julia Kay Wolf, Jeralynn S Cossman

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Abstract

Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic exacerbated mental and physical health issues in the United States. Due to various lockdown procedures to curb the spread of the virus, indoor gatherings were severely restricted, intensifying stress and anxiety.

Methods: We used nationally representative data from the 2021 Crime, Health, and Politics Survey sampled from the National Opinion Research Center's AmeriSpeak panel. To explore pandemic-safe options to relieve negative health outcomes, we studied how access to and use of green and blue spaces were related to self-rated physical and mental health (ie, memory) during the pandemic.

Results: Most of the logistic regressions show no relationships between access to green or blue spaces and the health outcomes (except for access to blue spaces and physical health), but we find positive associations between use of green and blue spaces with overall physical health and memory.

Conclusions: Access to green or blue spaces is not necessarily enough to create a relationship with overall physical health and memory-actually using these areas is a key component to their association with positive health outcomes.

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绿色和蓝色空间对记忆和身体健康的访问和使用。

2019年冠状病毒病大流行加剧了美国人的身心健康问题。由于各种封锁措施，严格限制室内聚会，加剧了压力和焦虑。方法：我们使用了从国家民意研究中心AmeriSpeak小组抽样的2021年犯罪、健康和政治调查中具有全国代表性的数据。为了探索大流行安全的选择，以减轻对健康的负面影响，我们研究了大流行期间绿色和蓝色空间的获取和使用与自我评估的身心健康（即记忆）之间的关系。结果：大多数逻辑回归显示，获得绿色或蓝色空间与健康结果之间没有关系（除了获得蓝色空间和身体健康），但我们发现绿色和蓝色空间的使用与整体身体健康和记忆之间存在正相关。结论：接触绿色或蓝色空间并不一定足以建立与整体身体健康和记忆的关系——实际上，使用这些区域是它们与积极健康结果联系的关键组成部分。

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Southern Medical Journal 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

9.10%

发文量

222

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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