The silent epidemic: exploring the link between loneliness and chronic diseases in China’s elderly
In summary, loneliness is an important risk factor in the occurrence and development of chronic diseases in the elderly in China, and it has adverse effects on hypertension, stomach disease, cataract or glaucoma, osteoarthrosis, chronic lung disease, asthma, malignant tumor, and reproductive system diseases.
Authors
- Dishan Wu
- Deping Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5887-4120)
- Ling‐bing Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1746-6109)
- Xing Hu
- Qiuxia Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2379-7193)
- Jiabin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4061-064X)
- Xuezhai Zeng
- Juan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9838-0990)
- Hongxuan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2138-8174)
- Jianyi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0556-9111)
- Ruofan Xu
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Institute of Biophysics (CN)
- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05163-2
- Citations
- 19
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.03
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- National Key Research and Development Program of China