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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

AI Applications to Reduce Loneliness Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Technologies.

Yuyi Yang, Chenyu Wang, Xiaoling Xiang, Ruopeng An

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  16. Loneliness by Design: The Structural Logic of Isolation in Engagement-Driven Systems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  18. The Impact of Telepresence Robots on Family Caregivers and Residents in Long-Term Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yuyi YangDivision of Computational and Data Sciences, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7625-810X
Chenyu WangDepartment of Surgery, Division of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Xiaoling XiangSchool of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4926-4707
Ruopeng AnSilver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9632-0209

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

artificial intelligencelonelinessmental healtholder adultssocial robots

Identifiers

PMID40077009
PMCPMC11898439

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