SynthesisCurrent environmental health reports2020
Long-Term Exposure to Residential Greenspace and Healthy Ageing: a Systematic Review.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic overview and second-order meta-analysis of nature-based interventions for stress, anxiety and depression.Nature human behaviour · 2026Pooled it
- Quality of Urban Green Space for Older Adults to Promote Physical Activity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Investigation of Epistemic Equity in Urban Green Space and Mental Health Research: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Greenspace exposure and associated health outcomes: a systematic review of reviews.F1000Research · 2024Pooled it
- The Differences by Sex and Gender in the Relationship Between Urban Greenness and Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Long-Term Exposure to Greenspace and Cognitive Function during the Lifespan: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Relationship between Green and Blue Spaces with Mental and Physical Health: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Precision residential greenspace, urban environmental exposures, and incident dementia among older adults in Sweden: A 16-year cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Parks and Older People's Sense of Community: Examining the Role of Urban Parks in Supporting Sustainable Development Goal 3 in Brisbane, Australia.Australasian journal on ageing · 2026Article
- Gardening, healthy aging, and longevity: Longitudinal evidence from 25 years of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921.Journal of environmental psychology · 2026Article
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- Wondering Awe Is the Mediator of the Link Between Experience of Nature and Psychological Wellbeing-Relevance for Public Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The mitigation effects of residential green space and low air pollution on socioeconomic inequalities in depression.Npj mental health research · 2025Article
- Neighborhood environments and transition to cognitive states: Sydney Memory and Ageing Study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Challenges in studying air pollution to neurodegenerative diseases.Environmental research · 2025Review
- Associations between environmental air pollution, greenspace and apparent biological aging: a cross-sectional study.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Urban environments' impacts on aging in post-industrial cities: reviewing the pathways to healthy aging.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Green space and older adults' health: a scoping review.Innovation in aging · 2025Review
- The Universal Neighborhood Effect Averaging in Mobility-Dependent Environmental Exposures.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Associations of Urban Blue and Green Spaces With Coronary Artery Calcification in Black Individuals and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.Circulation · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe systematically reviewed the available observational evidence on the association between long-term exposure to residential outdoor greenspace and health at older age and rated the evidence as sufficient, limited, or inadequate. RECENT
findingsWe identified 59 studies, ranging from poor to very good quality. The health outcomes included mental health (N = 12, of which three were longitudinal studies and eight were rated to be of good quality), cognitive function (N = 6; two longitudinal studies, five of good/very good quality), physical capability (N = 22; five longitudinal studies, six of good/very good quality), cardiometabolic risk (N = 9; one longitudinal study, five of good/very good quality), morbidity (N = 11; three longitudinal studies, six of good/very good quality) and perceived wellbeing (N = 9; all cross-sectional, two of good quality). The evidence for a beneficial association with greenspace was rated limited for morbidity and inadequate for mental health, cognitive function, physical capability, cardiometabolic risk and perceived wellbeing. The reviewed studies provided inadequate/limited but suggestive evidence for a beneficial association between greater long-term greenspace exposure and healthy ageing. This review highlights the need of longitudinal studies that assess the association between long-term greenspace exposure and the trajectory of objective indicators of ageing.
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