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Long-Term Exposure to Residential Greenspace and Healthy Ageing: a Systematic Review

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Purpose of Review

We 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 Findings

We 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.

Summary

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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Mariska Bauwelinck is funded by an individual PhD grant supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) (grant number 11A9718N) and a Gustave Boël-Sofina Fellowship (grant number V422218N). PD [RYC-2012-10995] is funded by Ramón y Cajal fellowships awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The funders have not been involved in any part of the study design or reporting.

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de Keijzer, C., Bauwelinck, M. & Dadvand, P. Long-Term Exposure to Residential Greenspace and Healthy Ageing: a Systematic Review. Curr Envir Health Rpt 7, 65–88 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-020-00264-7

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