Improving the Sleep Health of Mashhad Women by Using Urban Green Spaces

جغرافیا و توسعه فضای شهری

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 September 2023   

Document Type: Scientific-Research

DOI: 10.22067/jgusd.2023.45148.0

Authors

lia shaddel; Mohammad Rahim Rahnama^* ; Omid Ali Kharazmi

ferdowsi university of mashhad

Abstract

TThe present study emphasizes the impact of urban planning to improve the sleep health of women in Mashhad by using urban green spaces. By studying the literature, the relationship between green space and sleep health was determined. It was also found that sleep health has an effect on physical health and the research model was drawn based on this. Each of these dimensions are hidden variables, and in order to fit the hidden variables, the structural equation model was used in the Amos software. Since people with low socio-economic status are likely to suffer from sleep disorders, three different income areas of Mashhad were considered as the statistical population and based on the Cochran formula, 400 of their women were selected as samples. Data collection was done using a questionnaire tool and the green space was examined from the 4 dimensions of access, presence, facilities and protection. Also, the Cronbach's alpha of the questionnaire was equal to 0.9. The research results show that based on the RMSEA=0.9 index, the designed model is consistent with the data of the studied population. Also, the effect of green space on sleep health and sleep health on physical health was confirmed. In relation to the dimensions of the green space, the dimensions of protection and facilities have the most effect. The findings of this study have important applications for urban planners and managers because the quality of urban environments and especially green spaces and the nature of development are the main factors of health.

Keywords

sleep health؛ Structural Equation Modeling؛ urban green space؛ women; Mashhad

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