ArticleBMC psychiatry2022
An Indicator of environmental enrichment to measure physical, social and cognitive activities in human daily life.
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- Environmental enrichment: a systematic review on the effect of a changing spatial complexity on hippocampal neurogenesis and plasticity in rodents, with considerations for translation to urban and built environments for humans.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- A Behavioral Economic Characterization of the Impact of the COVID-19 Quarantine on Reinforcer Diversity, Behavior, and Health.Perspectives on behavior science · 2026Review
- New neurons flatten social hierarchies.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Exploring the Link Between Enriched Environment and Depression: Insights From Human Participants.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2025Observational
- Experience-induced NPAS4 reduces dendritic inhibition from CCK+ inhibitory neurons and enhances plasticity.Journal of neurophysiology · 2025Article
- Association Between the Enriched Environment Level and Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Efficacy of an environmental enrichment intervention for endometriosis: a pilot study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of an adapted environmental enrichment intervention for endometriosis: A pilot study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe concept of environmental enrichment (EE) encompasses complex physical, social, cognitive, motor, and somatosensory stimuli to which individuals are differentially exposed. An indicator of EE comprising these elements would facilitate the study of the impact of EE in diverse clinical settings by allowing an easy and comparable measurement. This study aimed to create and test such an EE indicator based on the Florida Cognitive Activities Scale (FCAS), the Multidimensional Social Integration in Later Life Scale (SILLS), and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).
methodsParticipants with major depression and control subjects were recruited in this cross-sectional comparative study. Depressive symptom severity was assessed with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D). The EE indicator was used to evaluate cognitive, social, and physical activity. We divided the sample into three levels of cognitive and social activities to construct an EE indicator and compared the obtained scores between participants with major depression and control subjects.
results40 patients suffering from major depression and 50 control subjects were included. Higher HAM-D scores were associated with lower EE levels. Cognitive and social items exhibited adequate reliability. Control subjects reported higher scores in all three activities evaluated, except for some items of physical activities. This indicator of EE clearly differentiated between participants with major depression from control subjects.
conclusionsFCAS, SILLS, and IPAQ used together are valid to evaluate EE. This EE indicator may be a useful tool during clinical practice. The cross-sectional design and the small sample size are limitations of the present study.
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