Background
Methods
Context
Design
Study areas
Sampling and recruitment of participants
Measurement
Wellbeing
Covariates
Exposure to change in the neighbourhood built environment
Analysis
Results
Response, retention and drop-out
Descriptive characteristics
Variable | Baseline (2005) | Follow-up (2013) | ||
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n | mean (SD) / % | n | mean (SD) / % | |
Age (years) | 360 | 50.4 (13.6) | 363 | 58.5 (13.6)b |
% male | 361 | 43.5 | 363 | 44.4 |
% home ownership | 360 | 61.1 | 363 | 62.5 |
% car ownership | 361 | 58.5 | 362 | 60.5 |
% workinga | 359 | 58.5 | 364 | 48.1b |
% with chronic condition | 360 | 38.9 | 361 | 47.9b |
% perceived financial strain | 361 | 361 | ||
Quite comfortably off | 11.9 | 12.5 | ||
Can manage without difficulty | 20.2 | 24.4 | ||
Have to be careful with money | 52.9 | 47.1 | ||
Find it a strain to get by | 15.0 | 16.1 | ||
Years lived in local area | 365 | 18.3 (15.3) | 362 | 24.9 (16.6)b |
SF-8 PCS-8 | 352 | 47.4 (11.0) | 360 | 45.9 (11.7)b |
SF-8 MCS-8 | 352 | 45.5 (11.1) | 360 | 46.4 (11.1) |
Longitudinal association between exposure to change in the neighbourhood built environment and wellbeing
Beta coefficient (95% CI) | ||||||||
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Exposure | Outcome: SF-8 physical component summary score (PCS-8) | |||||||
n | Model 1 | n | Model 2 | n | Model 3 | n | Model 4 | |
1% change to built environment in neighbourhood | 326 | −0.10 (−0.23, 0.04) | 324 | −0.10 (− 0.23, 0.04) | 314 | − 0.10 (− 0.24, 0.04) | 314 | −0.13* (− 0.26, 0.00) |
Outcome: SF-8 mental component summary score (MCS-8) | ||||||||
n | Model 1 | n | Model 2 | n | Model 3 | n | Model 4 | |
1% change to built environment in neighbourhood | 326 | −0.13 (− 0.30, 0.04) | 324 | − 0.12 (− 0.28, 0.05) | 314 | −0.16 (− 0.32, 0.01) | 314 | −0.16* (− 0.31, − 0.02) |