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KMID : 0387320220320010063
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2022 Volume.32 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.72
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Depressive Symptoms of the Population Aged 19 and Over due to Regional Gaps in Sports Facilities
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Sim Hyung-Seop
Kim Bom-Gyeol
Kim Do-Hee
Kim Tae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Background: Depression is a common disease around the world. Many studies are showing that mental health can be improvedthrough physical activity, and daily regular exercise can reduce the negative effects of depression or depressive symptoms. In orderto promote individual physical activity, a physical activity-friendly environment must precede. Therefore, this study attempted toconfirm whether the number of sports facilities for all affects individual depression.
Methods: Among the respondents to the 2018 Community Health Survey, data from 181,086 people excluding missing value wereused. Descriptive and chi-square tests were performed to understanding the general characteristics of individual level variables. Amultilevel logistic regression was conducted to confirm the effect of individual and regional level variables on depressive symptoms.
Results: As a result of confirming the effect of individual characteristics on depressive symptoms, it was confirmed that bothsocioeconomic and health behavior factors had an effect. Similar results were shown in a model that considered regional levelvariables, and in the case of the number of sports facilities per population, people who belongs to smaller areas were more likely tohave depressive symptoms (odds ratio, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.97?0.99).
Conclusion: As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that both individual level and regional level variables had a significant effecton depressive symptoms. This suggests that not only individual level approaches but also regional level approaches are needed toimprove individual depressive symptoms In particular, it may be possible to consider to increase the number of sports facilities inareas where the prevalence of depressive symptoms is high and the number of sports facilities is insufficient.
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KEYWORD
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Depression, Exercise, Multilevel analysis, Sports and recreational facilities
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