Torres Toda, MariaAnabitarte Riol, AsierCirach, MartaEstarlich, MarisaFernández-Somoano, AnaGonzález-Safont, LlúciaGuxens Junyent, MònicaJulvez, JordiRiaño, IsolinaSunyer Deu, JordiDadvand, Payam2021-07-202021-07-202020Torres Toda M, Anabitarte Riol A, Cirach M, Estarlich M, Fernández-Somoano A, González-Safont L, et al. Residential surrounding greenspace and mental health in three spanish areas. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 5;17(16): 5670. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph171656701660-4601http://hdl.handle.net/10230/48235Exposure to greenspace has been related to improved mental health, but the available evidence is limited and findings are heterogeneous across different areas. We aimed to evaluate the associations between residential exposure to greenspace and specific psychopathological and psychosomatic symptoms related to mental health among mothers from a Spanish birth cohort. Our study was based on data from 1171 women participating in two follow-ups of a population-based cohort in Valencia, Sabadell, and Gipuzkoa (2004-2012). For each participant, residential surrounding greenspace was estimated as the average of the satellite-based Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) across different buffers around the residential address at the time of delivery and at the 4-year follow-up. The Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R) was applied to characterize mental health at the 4-year follow-up. We developed mixed-effects logistic regression models controlled for relevant covariates to evaluate the associations. Higher residential surrounding greenspace was associated with a lower risk of somatization and anxiety symptoms. For General Severity Index (GSI), obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism symptoms, we generally observed protective associations, but none attained statistical significance. Findings from this study suggested a potential positive impactof greenspace on mental health.application/pdfengCopyright © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165670Mental illnessNatureParksPsychiatric disorderPsychosomatic symptomsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess