ArticleFrontiers in public health2021
Does the Internet Use Improve the Mental Health of Chinese Older Adults?
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between digital smart device use and depression among older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Positive association between Internet use and mental health among adults aged ≥50 years in 23 countries.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- Screen time and depression risk: A meta-analysis of cohort studies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Smartphone technology, social network maintenance, and social participation among Mandarin-speaking older immigrants in Canada.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Differential associations of active and passive digital modalities with health perception biases among older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Sports and exercise and changes in college students' phubbing behavior: based on latent growth and cross-lagged models.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Beyond access: how heterogeneity of internet use differentially shapes cognitive function among Chinese older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The association between digital communication tool use and perceived mental health among older adults in Canada.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Relationships Among Mobile Internet Use, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms: Prospective Cohort Study Among Community Residents.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Digital dawn or dimming dusk? the dual impact of light pollution and digital economic expansion on senior cognitive function health in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Digitization and Active Aging: How Digital Finance Shapes the Mental Health of Empty-Nest Older Individuals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Multi-Level Influencing Factors of Internet Use Among the Elderly Population and Its Association with Mental Health Promotion: Empirical Research Based on Mixed Cross-Sectional Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Internet usage elevates elderly obesity: evidence from a difference-in-differences analysis of the broadband China policy.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Study on the "digital divide" in the continuous utilization of Internet medical services for older adults: Combination with PLS-SEM and fsQCA analysis approach.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Association between chronic diseases and depressive inclinations among rural middle-aged and older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Analysis of Factors Influencing the Willingness of Chinese Older Adults to Use mHealth Devices: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- The Moderated Mediating Effects of Social Media Identity and Loneliness on the Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Mental Health in China: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- How Internet use relates to mental health in older adults: findings from the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovenia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Bidirectional Association Between Internet Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: A Cross-Lagged Model of Proactive Health Behavior as the Mediating Role.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
- The association between digital technology use and depression among older people in China: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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