ArticleIranian journal of public health2021
Assessing the Impact of Outdoor Activities on Mental Wellbeing; Focusing on the Walking Path in Urban Area.
Article in Iranian journal of public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Understanding the Relationship between Sleep Quality and Physical Activity: Implications for Healthy Aging.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Article
- The effect of outdoor activities on the medical expenditure of older people: multiple chain mediating effects of health benefits.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Natural environments, psychosocial health, and health behaviors in a crisis - A scoping review of the literature in the COVID-19 context.Journal of environmental psychology · 2023Article
- Assessing the Correlation between Neighborhood Green Areas and the Perceived Mental Health of Residents in Metropolitan Areas.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Article
- The Association between Active Mobility and Subjective Wellbeing during COVID-19 in MENA Countries.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Assessing the Role of Urban Green Areas for Students' Quality of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundProvided that COVID-19 pandemic has led to mental wellbeing disorders for city dwellers, and given that there is a significant association between outdoor activities and mental health, this paper investigated how the frequency of walking during the pandemic contributes to the immediate and subsequent 'mood'.
methodsA longitudinal data collection method was adopted to verify the 'mood' of the participants before and after walking. The survey was conducted with 100 participants in a walking path in Shiraz, Iran, on Jan 2021. The quantitative analysis methods were performed in SPSS to examine the mental wellbeing outcomes of walking in the outdoor walking path when considering the psychological impacts of the pandemic and the quantity.
resultsThe result affirms the positive contribution of walking in the improvement of mental-wellbeing-mood during the pandemic; though, such a mood boost is in a direct relationship with the quantity of the activity within a week. Moreover, other factors can play a significant role, including the 'mood before walking', and the age of the participants.
conclusionIt is likely that encouraging people to consider walking as their routine activity can lead to several positive consequences on mental wellbeing since walking as a basic outdoor activity during the pandemic can contribute on the mood. .
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