Table 3.
Associations between changes in depression and nature exposure from the COVID-19 lockdown to the current time in Bangladesh and Egypt (N = 1,216).
| Bangladesh (N = 556) | Egypt (N = 660) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Std. B | 95% Cl | p | B | Std. B | 95% Cl | p | |||
| Gender | 0.308 | 0.083 | −0.018 | 0.633 | 0.064 | 0.1 | 0.031 | −0.153 | 0.352 | 0.438 |
| Age | −0.285 | −0.077 | −0.607 | 0.038 | 0.084 | −0.384 | −0.023 | −1.945 | 1.176 | 0.629 |
| Marital status | −0.203 | −0.043 | −0.607 | 0.202 | 0.326 | −0.281 | −0.013 | −2.34 | 1.778 | 0.789 |
| Current place of residence (urban) | 0.028 | 0.006 | −0.345 | 0.402 | 0.882 | 0.056 | 0.011 | −0.323 | 0.434 | 0.772 |
| Monthly family income | −0.146 | −0.087 | −0.29 | −0.002 | 0.047 | −0.035 | −0.011 | −0.278 | 0.207 | 0.776 |
| COVID-19 diagnosis | −0.045 | −0.014 | −0.318 | 0.228 | 0.747 | −0.059 | −0.026 | −0.237 | 0.12 | 0.519 |
| Presence of long-standing illness | 0.029 | 0.004 | −0.507 | 0.565 | 0.916 | 0.15 | 0.024 | −0.391 | 0.692 | 0.586 |
| Habit of smoking | 0.809 | 0.155 | 0.345 | 1.273 | 0.001 | 0.474 | 0.048 | −0.334 | 1.283 | 0.25 |
| BMI | 0.022 | 0.05 | −0.015 | 0.06 | 0.242 | 0.014 | 0.038 | −0.014 | 0.042 | 0.336 |
| Nature exposure | ||||||||||
| Δ indoor plants | 0.094 | 0.051 | −0.065 | 0.253 | 0.246 | −0.119 | −0.099 | −0.211 | −0.026 | 0.012 |
| Δ Window views of nature | −0.037 | −0.023 | −0.177 | 0.102 | 0.598 | −0.138 | −0.073 | −0.285 | 0.008 | 0.063 |
| Δ Time spent outdoors | −0.256 | −0.147 | −0.4 | −0.111 | 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.01 | −0.082 | 0.106 | 0.801 |
| Δ NDVI500 | −0.658 | −0.017 | −3.776 | 2.459 | 0.679 | −1.223 | −0.012 | −9.22 | 6.774 | 0.764 |
| R2/Adjusted R2 | 0.066/0.044 | 0.025/0.005 | ||||||||
Δ = value at the current time minus value in the lockdown period.