Relationship between indoor environmental physical factors and depression aspects
Author: Ragab MH, Alatik AM, el Sha'abini MM, Othman AS.
Source:
The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 75(3-4), 233-243.
The relationship between various physical indoor environmental factors and the
level of the studied depression aspects had been investigated. The study has been
tried to involve patients suffering from different levels of depression and
treated at specialized mental hospitals. Significant negative correlation had
established been the between efficient indoor physical environment such as
available basic home facilities, ventilation and sunny environment, home
satisfaction, neighborhood physical environment and work physical environment,
and the increased levels of depression aspects namely, physiological, attitude,
behavior, social, situational, self satisfaction and self insight of depression.
Recommendations were advised to add improvement of indoor physical environment to
the line of depression treatment and to evaluate the efficiency of improving the
work physical environment and its outcome in improving the physical and mental
health of the workers with expected increased productivity and efficiency of the
exposed workers.