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Association of living alone and living alone time with hypertension among Chinese men aged 80 years and older: a cohort study

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveThere is little evidence of the influence of living alone on hypertension risk among men 80 years or older. Additionally, the influence of living alone duration on hypertension risk lacks thorough investigation. Hence, this cohort study examines
Xiang Wang, Xiang Wang, Miao Dai, Jingsong Xu   +3 more
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Association of Eating Alone With Depression Among Older Adults Living Alone: Role of Poor Social Networks

Journal of Epidemiology, 2021
Objectives: Eating alone is associated with an increased risk of depression symptoms. This association may be confounded by poor social networks. The present study aimed to determine the role of poor social networks in the association of eating alone ...
Ryota Sakurai, Hisashi Kawai, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hunkyung Kim, Yutaka Watanabe, Hirohiko Hirano, Kazushige Ihara, Shuichi Obuchi, Yoshinori Fujiwara   +8 more
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Rising living alone among the elderly in Iran: prevalence and associated factors

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background This study first examines the pattern and trend of elderly living alone during the last five censuses in Iran. Then, after describing the characteristics of the elderly who live alone, it determines how social, economic, and demographic ...
Mehri Shams Ghahfarokhi
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Gender-based depression factors of older adults living alone during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional and secondary data approach

Heliyon, 2022
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively affected the mental health of older adults living alone. This study aimed to examine the differences in factors that influence depression among older adults based on gender.
SuJung Jung
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Factors associated with different numbers of health behaviors by living arrangements

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background As the number of individuals living alone increases, it becomes clear that health disparities vary according to a person’s living arrangement.
Namhee Kim, Heejung Kim, Sooyoung Kwon
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Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in Individuals Living Alone in South Korea

Diagnostics, 2022
This study compared the prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in individuals living alone compared with those living with others and assessed the contribution of socio-demographic factors and physical health to these differences.
Kyoung Ae Kong, Young Eun Kim, Sunho Lim, Bo Young Kim, Ga Eun Kim, Soo In Kim   +5 more
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Differences in assistive technology installed for people with dementia living at home who have wandering and safety risks

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Assistive Technology for people with dementia living at home is not meeting their care needs. Reasons for this may be due to limited understanding of variation in multiple characteristics of people with dementia including their safety and ...
Eleanor Curnow, Robert Rush, Sylwia Gorska, Kirsty Forsyth   +3 more
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Living Alone [PDF]

Demographic Research, 2015
Background: The one-person household (OPH) is the fastest-growing type of household in many regions of the world, but no systematic work on it has been done outside of Europe and North America. This special collection consists of ten articles that examine the living-alone phenomenon in Asia.
Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Adam Ka-Lok Cheung
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Socially-isolated neighborhoods and the risk of all-cause mortality among nursing home residents in the United States: A multilevel study

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021
The total number of Americans age 65 and older is expected to nearly double by 2060, and the number of Americans admitted to nursing homes is likewise anticipated to escalate.
Daniel Kim, Chanhyun Park, Becky A. Briesacher   +2 more
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Association between commensality with depression and suicidal ideation of Korean adults: the sixth and seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013, 2015, 2017

Nutrition Journal, 2020
Objectives This study investigated whether commensality (eating a meal with others) is associated with mental health (depression, suicidal ideation) in Korean adults over 19 years old.
Yoon Hee Son, Sarah Soyeon Oh, Sung-In Jang, Eun-Cheol Park, So-Hee Park   +4 more
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