ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2022
Associations of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption with Loneliness, Depression, and Loss of Interest Among Chinese Older Males and Females.
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- Alcohol use disorder and co-occurring mental illness among older adults in low-and middle-income countries: a narrative systematic review.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Pooled it
- Smoking and Multidimensional Well-Being: Gender and Cohort Differences in China.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Depressive trajectories and their associations with chronic diseases among older adults: a national longitudinal cohort study from China.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Association between nutrition literacy and cognitive impairment among older adults in Bengbu, China.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of incident and persistent loneliness among middle-aged and older adults in Thailand.BMC psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
As China experiences a rapidly aging population, the prevalence of Chinese older adults suffering from mental health issues also increases. Because cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption are two major public health concerns in China, we examined smoking and alcohol consumption status with loneliness, depression, and loss of interest among Chinese older adults. Panel data were extracted from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, and older adults were selected as the final study sample (age ≥ 65) from two different time points (the 2011-2012 and 2014 waves). We analyzed Chinese older men and women with the adoption of panel logistic regression models to study mental health measurements of loneliness, depression, and loss of interest. Among males, compared with non-alcohol users, former alcohol users had higher odds of reporting depression (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.91;
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