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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Volunteering and Its Association with Depression, Loneliness, and Lifestyle of Older Adults: Insights from a Japanese Cross-Sectional Study.

Thomas Mayers, Sachie Eto, Naoki Maki, Akihiro Araki, Hitomi Matsuda

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas MayersDepartment of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2947-2805
Sachie EtoDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science Technology, Bunkyo Gakuin University, 1-19-1 Mukogaoka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8668, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7349-2152
Naoki MakiFaculty of Rehabilitation, R Professional University of Rehabilitation, 2-12-31 Kawaguchi, Tsuchiura 300-0032, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3504-7154
Akihiro ArakiHealth and Nursing Administration, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2944-9 Megusuno, Oita-City 870-1201, Oita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1758-2516
Hitomi MatsudaGraduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Department of Human Care Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0321-4234

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP20K20785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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depressionloneliness and social isolationolder adultssocial connectionsocial prescribingvolunteer

Identifiers

PMID39517398
PMCPMC11545050

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