title: People with dyslexia and heart, chest, skin, digestive, musculoskeletal, vision, learning, speech and mental disorders were more dissatisfied with neighbourhoods: Scottish Household Survey, 2007-2008.
abstract: Rarely do we know the perception toward neighbourhoods in people specifically with health conditions. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to understand the perception toward neighbourhoods among adults with a series of the existing health conditions in a country-wide and population-based setting. Data were retrieved from and analysed in Scottish Household Survey, 2007-2008. Information on demographics, self-reported health conditions and perception toward neighbourhoods and the surrounding facilities was obtained by household interview. Analysis including chi-square test, t test and logistic regression modelling were performed. Of 19,150 Scottish adults (aged 16-80) included in the study cohort, 1079 (7.7 %) people were dissatisfied with their living areas; particularly for those who experienced harassment (15.4 %), did not recycle or with dyslexia, chest, digestive, mental and musculoskeletal problems. Twenty to forty per cent reported common neighbourhood problems including noise, rubbish, disputes, graffiti, harassment and drug misuse. People with heart or digestive problems were more dissatisfied with the existing parks and open space. People with arthritis, chest or hearing problems were more dissatisfied with the waste management condition. People with dyslexia were more dissatisfied with the existing public transportation. People with heart problems were more dissatisfied with the current street cleaning condition. People with hearing, vision, speech, learning problems or dyslexia were also more dissatisfied with sports and recreational facilities. People with heart, chest, skin, digestive, musculoskeletal, vision, learning, speech and mental disorders and dyslexia were more dissatisfied with their current neighbourhood environments. Upgrading neighbourhood planning to tackle social environment injustice and put pleasant life experience as priorty would be suggested. Graphical abstract interrelations of individual health and neighbourhood health.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, NE1 8ST, UK. ivy.shiue@northumbria.ac.uk.|Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. ivy.shiue@northumbria.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ivy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shiue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012606:Scotland; D057566:Self Report; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adult health; Built environment; Chronic disease; Cognition performance; Dyslexia; Mental health; Neighbourhood satisfaction