Meaning in life: bidirectional relationship with depression, anxiety, and loneliness in a longitudinal cohort of older primary care patients with multimorbidity
The findings suggest a bidirectional relationship between MIL and mental health outcomes in older patients with multimorbidity in Hong Kong. Emotional loneliness demonstrated a more consistent bidirectional association with MIL than social loneliness. Further research is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms and develop targeted interventions addressing both MIL and mental health problems.
Authors
- Samuel Yeung Shan Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0934-6385)
- Yang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6011-5948)
- Qiao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5941-1985)
- Lu Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6945-4412)
- King Wa Tam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-6468)
- Yiqi Li
- De‐Xing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9114-8996)
- Zijun Xu
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (CN)
- George Institute for Global Health (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-05762-7
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.84