Editorial: Loneliness in Old Age: An unaddressed Health Problem.

What it found

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Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Sensor-Based Technologies for the Detection of Unwanted Loneliness in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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2. Does optimizing Choose to Move - a health-promoting program for older adults - enhance scalability, program implementation and effectiveness?The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024
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3. AI-based support for loneliness among older adults in Japan: insights from unstructured data.Journal of rural medicine : JRM · 2026
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4. Musculoskeletal Pain Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Telesurvey.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2026
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5. Does Family Doctor Contracting Improve the Health of the Elderly: An Empirical Study from Beijing, China.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026
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6. Loneliness and quality of life among older adults: the mediating role of resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026
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7. Results of a multi-perspective examination of loneliness trajectories and its determinants in German adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2025
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8. Uncovering the impact of loneliness in ageing populations: a comprehensive scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2025
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9. "Loneliness is killing me?!": the subjective emotional experience of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a cross-sectional study in patients with a psychiatric disorder.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025
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10. A Neighbourhood-oriented approach to foster healthy ageing in low socioeconomic older adults: development and protocol for evaluation through intervention mapping.Health education research · 2025
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11. Housing Insecurity and Older Adults' Health and Well-Being in a Gentrifying City: Results from the EPIPorto Cohort Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025
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12. Advances in the assessment and study of suicide in late-life depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025
    Review
13. Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025
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14. Prevalence of Unwanted Loneliness and Associated Factors in People over 65 Years of Age in a Health Area of the Region of Murcia, Spain: HELPeN Project.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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15. Predictive factors and risk and protection groups for loneliness in older adults: a population-based study.BMC psychology · 2024
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16. Increasing Older Adults' Social Connectedness: Development and Implementation of a Web-Assisted Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Intervention.JMIR aging · 2024
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17. Comparative Analysis of Social Networks in Institutionalized Older Adults versus Aging-in-Place Scenarios.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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18. Identifying the impact of social isolation and loneliness on psychological well-being among the elderly in old-age homes of India: the mediating role of gender, marital status, and education.BMC geriatrics · 2023
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19. Intergenerational Integration in Community Building to Improve the Mental Health of Residents-A Case Study of Public Space.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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20. COVID-19 and the elaboration of personal plans in + 50: a Brazilian experience.BMC public health · 2023
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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