Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42741669›Full record

ArticleInnovation in aging2026

Escalating loneliness among Chinese American older adults in an affordable housing community: a repeat cross-sectional study (2012-2025).

Jingyuan Liu, Shinyi Wu, Crystal Kwan, Iris Chi

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Innovation in aging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Jingyuan LiuDepartment of Applied Social Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-9574
Shinyi WuSuzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Crystal KwanDepartment of Applied Social Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Iris ChiSuzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Loneliness is a significant public health problem, particularly among older immigrant adults. The study investigates the temporality of changes in loneliness among Chinese American older adults living in affordable housing and factors influencing these changes within the context of broader societal transformations. Research and Methods: Using a repeated cross-sectional design, two independent cohorts of Chinese American older adults in the same affordable housing complex were surveyed in 2012 ( Results: The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition revealed a significant rise in loneliness from 2012 ( Discussion and Implications: Findings indicate a dramatic increase in loneliness among Chinese American older adults in affordable housing over time. The results highlight the imperative to enhance alternative sources of connection and culturally tailored interventions for supporting social engagement. Promoting peer relationships, digital inclusion, and flexible intergenerational support may help reduce increasing loneliness and enhance well-being in later life.

Indexed as

Intergenerational relationshipsOaxaca-Blinder decompositionSocial supportTemporal change in loneliness

Identifiers

PMID42741669
PMCPMC13573598

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.