More green space is related to less antidepressant prescription rates in the Netherlands: A Bayesian geoadditive quantile regression approach ...

Exposure to green space seems to be beneficial for self-reported mental health. In this study we used an objective health indicator, namely antidepressant prescription rates. Current studies rely exclusively upon mean regression models assuming linear associations. It is, however, plausible that the presence of green space is non-linearly related with different quantiles of the outcome antidepressant prescription rates. These restrictions may contribute to inconsistent findings. Our aim was to assess antidepressant prescription rates in relation to green space, and to analyze how the relations... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Helbich, Marco
Klein, Nadja
Roberts, Hannah
Hagedoorn, Paulien
Groenewegen, Peter
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Verlag/Hrsg.: arXiv
Schlagwörter: Applications stat.AP / FOS: Computer and information sciences
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29577938
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1805.07395

Exposure to green space seems to be beneficial for self-reported mental health. In this study we used an objective health indicator, namely antidepressant prescription rates. Current studies rely exclusively upon mean regression models assuming linear associations. It is, however, plausible that the presence of green space is non-linearly related with different quantiles of the outcome antidepressant prescription rates. These restrictions may contribute to inconsistent findings. Our aim was to assess antidepressant prescription rates in relation to green space, and to analyze how the relationship varies non-linearly across different quantiles of antidepressant prescription rates. We used cross-sectional data for the year 2014 at a municipality level in the Netherlands. Ecological Bayesian geoadditive quantile regressions were fitted for the 15, 50, and 85 percent quantiles to estimate green space-prescription rate correlations, controlling for confounders. The results suggested that green space was overall ...