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de Vries S, Ten Have M, van Dorsselaer S, et al. Local availability of green and blue space and prevalence of common mental disorders in the Netherlands. BJPsych Open. 2016;2(6):366-372doi: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002469.
de Vries, S., Ten Have, M., van Dorsselaer, S., van Wezep, M., Hermans, T., & de Graaf, R. (2016). Local availability of green and blue space and prevalence of common mental disorders in the Netherlands. BJPsych open, 2(6), 366-372. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002469
de Vries, Sjerp, et al. "Local availability of green and blue space and prevalence of common mental disorders in the Netherlands." BJPsych open vol. 2,6 (2016): 366-372. doi: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002469
de Vries S, Ten Have M, van Dorsselaer S, van Wezep M, Hermans T, de Graaf R. Local availability of green and blue space and prevalence of common mental disorders in the Netherlands. BJPsych Open. 2016 Nov 23;2(6):366-372. doi: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002469. eCollection 2016 Nov. PMID: 29018562; PMCID: PMC5609776.
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BJPsych Open. 2016 Nov 23;2(6):366-372. doi: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002469. eCollection 2016 Nov.

Local availability of green and blue space and prevalence of common mental disorders in the Netherlands.

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Sjerp de Vries, Margreet Ten Have, Saskia van Dorsselaer, Manja van Wezep, Tia Hermans, Ron de Graaf

Affiliations

  1. , PhD, Environmental Research (Alterra), Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  2. , PhD, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Institute), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  3. , MSc, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Institute), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  4. , MSc, Environmental Research (Alterra), Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 29018562 PMCID: PMC5609776 DOI: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002469

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Previous studies revealed a relationship between residential green space availability and health, especially mental health. Studies on blue space are scarcer and results less conclusive.

AIMS: To investigate the hypotheses that green and blue space availability are negatively associated with anxiety and mood disorders, and positively associated with self-reported mental and general health.

METHOD: Health data were derived from a nationally representative survey (NEMESIS-2,

RESULTS: The hypotheses were confirmed, except for green space and mood disorders. Associations were generally stronger for blue space than for green space, with ORs up to 0.74 for a 10%-point increase.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite the different survey design and health measures, the results largely replicate those of previous studies on green space. Blue space availability deserves more systematic attention.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.

COPYRIGHT AND USAGE: © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license.

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