In the UK, men drink significantly more alcohol than women, albeit this difference becomes smaller with age [24]. To our knowledge, though, no study has quantified whether loneliness shows a greater association with alcohol consumption in older men than it does in older women. It is therefore...
In the UK, men drink significantly more alcohol than women, albeit this difference becomes smaller with age [24]. To our knowledge, though, no study has quantified whether loneliness shows a greater association with alcohol consumption in older men than it does in older women. It is therefore...
Loneliness refers to the negatively perceived mismatch between one’s desired and actual engagement in social relations. Besides the individual suffering it implies, epidemiological evidence has suggested that loneliness is a critical determinant of ment
This study aims to determine the predictive influence of physical activities (PA) and evaluate the interactive effect of PA and loneliness on depression among older adults in Nigeria. Data was collected from 369 randomly selected older adults and analysed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test...
Analysis of the correlation between social support, loneliness, and health behaviors in older people showed that social support and loneliness were negatively correlated (r= -0.317,P < 0.01); Social support and health behaviors were positively correlated (r = 0.526,P < 0.01), and ...
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Falls are a common and often devastating problem for older people. In our study, over 50% of participants reported experiencing a fall within the study period. Approximately 9% of them had a hospital admission that was related to falls. Falls and consequent injuries are largely preventative, for...
in a high proportion of empty nest older people in rural China; this group has been found to be more prone to loneliness than older cohorts who co-reside with their adult children [35]. Similarly, China’s One-child policy launched in the late 1970s and abolished in 2016 generally ...
Table1shows descriptive statistics, reliability estimates, and correlations of all indicators. The MCAR test by Little (1988) was used to assess randomness of missing data in the analytical sample across three measurement points. The test was conducted using the R package MissMech (Jamshidian et ...
in general. Results of simple slopes analyses showed that gender differences in loneliness were significant in young adults who were more grateful and in older adults who were less grateful. Women were less lonely than men, on average, and the gender difference was significant for those younger ...