Exploring the pathways linking visual green space to depression in older adults in Shanghai, China: using street view data

OBJECTIVES: ); and (3) whether there are differences in the mediation across visual green space quantity and quality. METHOD: . Multilevel logistic and linear regression models were applied to understand the mediating roles of the above mediators in the link between visual green space quantity and quality and depression in older adults. RESULTS: SVG quantity and quality were negatively related to depression. Significant partial mediators for SVG quality were social cohesion and perceived stress. For SVG quantity, there was no evidence that any of the above mediators mediated the association. CONCLUSION: Our results indicated that visual green space quantity and quality may be related to depression in older adults through different mechanisms.