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Interventions Associated With Reduced Loneliness and Social Isolation in Older Adults

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2022
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates interventions associated with reduced loneliness and social isolation in older adults.
Peter Hoang   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social isolation and suicide risk: Literature review and perspectives

open access: yesEuropean psychiatry, 2022
Background Suicide is a major public health problem and a cause of premature mortality. With a view to prevention, a great deal of research has been devoted to the determinants of suicide, focusing mostly on individual risk factors, particularly ...
Chloé Motillon-Toudic   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The prevalence of chronic and episodic loneliness and social isolation from a longitudinal survey

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Loneliness and social isolation, experienced more long-term, has been shown to increase mortality and lead to poorer health outcomes in specific cohorts.
M. Lim   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decreasing Social Isolation to Enhance Mental Health among Older Adults in China: A Mediation Analysis of Aging Attitude

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
A large body of literature has examined the relationship between social isolation and mental health in older adults. However, only a few studies have examined the mediating effects of aging attitudes on this relationship.
Xinfeng Cheng   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesInternational Psychogeriatrics, 2020
Loneliness and social isolation are associated with adverse physical and psychological consequences which are particularly prevalent in older persons. During this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must follow social distancing guidelines to
T. Hwang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social Isolation: An Unequally Distributed Health Hazard.

open access: yesThe Annual review of sociology, 2023
Social isolation is a potent predictor of poor health, mortality, and dementia risk. A great deal of research across national contexts provides causal evidence for these linkages and identifies key explanatory mechanisms through which isolation affects ...
Debra J Umberson, Rachel Donnelly
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social Isolation: Overcoming Linguistic Obstacles and Mitigating Social Isolation in Diverse Communities [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This study investigated the influence of language obstacles on social isolation in varied communities, with a specific focus on the Ogbomoso community in Oyo State, Nigeria.
Gbenga Michael Adeyeye
doaj   +1 more source

Social Isolation and Acceptance of the Learning Management System (LMS) in the time of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Expansion of the UTAUT Model

open access: yesJournal of educational computing research, 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic has led to social isolation; however, with the help of technology, education can continue through this tough time. Therefore, this research attempts to explore the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) through ...
S. Raza   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Combined Low Dose of Ketamine and Social Isolation: A Possible Model of Induced Chronic Schizophrenia-Like Symptoms

open access: yesEuropean psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Identifying a feasible model of chronic schizophrenia would be valuable for studying the possible underlying mechanism and to investigate emerging treatments.
D. Khalifa   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social isolation in the oldest-old: determinants and the differential role of family and friends

open access: yesSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2023
Purpose To examine the association of sociodemographic and health-related determinants with social isolation in relation to family and friends in the oldest-old.
K. Moormann   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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