ArticleJournal of epidemiology2021
Association Between Social Isolation and Smoking in Japan and England.
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- Social isolation and lung function in middle-aged and older adults: identifying modifiable pathways across two populations.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Social isolation and risk of mortality in middle-aged and older adults with arthritis: a prospective cohort study of four cohorts.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Does Tobacco Smoking Increase Social Isolation? A Mendelian Randomization Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
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- Social Isolation and Worsening Health Behaviors Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Examining the Association of Social Isolation and Smoking in Older Adults.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Social isolation, loneliness, and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from two large prospective cohorts in Europe and East Asia and Mendelian randomization.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Cognitive decline and poor social relationship in older adults during COVID-19 pandemic: can information and communications technology (ICT) use helps?BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Relationship of smoking with current and future social isolation and loneliness: 12-year follow-up of older adults in England.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2022Article
- Increase in Social Isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Association with Mental Health: Findings from the JACSIS 2020 Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association between social isolation and depression onset among older adults: a cross-national longitudinal study in England and Japan.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Social isolation enhances cued-reinstatement of sucrose and nicotine seeking, but this is reversed by a return to social housing.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundExisting evidence suggest that those who are socially isolated are at risk for taking up or continuing smoking. This study investigated country-based differences in social isolation and smoking status.
methodsWe performed a repeated cross-sectional study using two waves of data from two ongoing aging studies: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. Participants from both studies aged ≥65 years were included. We applied a multilevel Poisson regression model to examine the association between social isolation and smoking status and adjusted for individual sociodemographic characteristics. We used the social isolation index which comprises the following domains: marital status; frequency of contact with friends, family, and children; and participation in social activities. Interaction terms between each country and social isolation were also entered into the mode.
resultsAfter exclusion of never smokers, we analyzed 75,905 participants (7,092 for ELSA and 68,813 for JAGES, respectively). Taking ex-smokers as the reference, social isolation was significantly associated with current smoking; the prevalence ratios (PRs) were 1.06 (95% credible interval [CrI], 1.05-1.08) for men and 1.08 (95% CrI, 1.04-1.11) for women. Taking Japan as a reference, the interaction term between country and social isolation was significant for both sexes, with increased PRs of 1.32 (95% CrI, 1.14-1.50) for men and 1.30 (95% CrI, 1.11-1.49) for women in England.
conclusionsOlder people who were less socially isolated were more likely to quit smoking in England than in Japan, possibly explained by the strict tobacco control policies in England.
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