BMC Geriatrics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(1)
Published: April 23, 2025
Social
isolation
and
loneliness
have
been
recognized
as
important
psychosocial
factors
affecting
human
health.
We
aimed
to
examine
the
relationships
of
social
with
likelihood
healthy
aging
among
older
women
men.
The
prospective
study
included
13,782
female
11,838
male
participants
who
were
aged
64
years
or
had
no
major
chronic
diseases
during
recruitment
UK
Biobank
(2006-2010).
All
eligible
survive
age
80
before
latest
follow-up
(December
2021).
Healthy
was
defined
survival
without
diseases.
Multivariable
logistic
regression
models
used
evaluate
associations
isolation,
their
combination
aging.
A
total
9130
(58.77%)
6406
men
(41.23%)
achieved
After
adjusting
for
race/ethnicity,
associated
a
significantly
20%
14%
lower
men,
respectively,
whereas
both
sexes
similar
but
statistically
non-significant.
Among
women,
association
between
varied
by
status
(P
interaction
=
0.031),
an
inverse
limiting
socially
isolated
(OR
0.61;
95%
CI:
0.43-0.87).
Women
48%
0.52;
0.37-0.73)
compared
neither,
this
remained
after
wide
arrange
sociodemographic,
behavioral,
biological,
female-specific
risk
0.63;
0.44-0.90).
Such
joint
relationship
not
observed
coexistence
substantially
women.
Our
findings
highlight
importance
support
in
extending
women's
healthspan
beyond
management
traditional
factors.
General Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
37(3), P. e101456 - e101456
Published: May 1, 2024
Background
Depressive
symptoms
are
established
risk
factors
for
various
health
outcomes.
However,
previous
studies
assessed
depressive
at
a
single
time
point,
neglecting
individual
variations
over
time.
Aims
To
identify
trajectories
through
repeated
measures
and
examine
their
associations
with
cardiovascular
disease
(CVD),
cancer
mortality.
Methods
This
study
included
20
634
UK
Biobank
participants
free
of
CVD
baseline
two
or
more
assessments
during
2006–2016.
Group-based
trajectory
modelling
identified
trajectories.
Incident
CVD,
mortality
were
followed
up
until
2021
linked
registries.
Results
Six
identified:
no
(n=6407),
mild-stable
(n=11
539),
moderate-stable
(n=2183),
severe-decreasing
(n=206),
moderate-increasing
(n=177)
severe-stable
(n=122).
During
median
follow-up
5.5
years,
1471
cases,
1275
cases
503
deaths
documented.
Compared
the
trajectory,
mild-stable,
exhibited
higher
risk,
hazard
ratios
(HRs)
(95%
CIs)
1.19
(1.06
to
1.34),
1.32
(1.08
1.34)
2.99
(1.85
4.84),
respectively.
Moderate-increasing
associated
risks,
HRs
2.27
(1.04
4.93)
3.26
(1.55
6.88),
was
not
risks
adverse
We
did
find
significant
between
any
cancer.
Conclusions
Trajectories
related
stable
increasing
symptoms,
but
severe
initial
assessment
decreasing
follow-up,
Alleviating
onset
may
mitigate
risks.
Identification
of
individuals
with
prediabetes
who
are
at
high
risk
developing
diabetes
allows
for
precise
interventions.
We
aimed
to
determine
the
role
nuclear
magnetic
resonance
(NMR)-based
metabolomic
signature
in
predicting
progression
from
diabetes.
This
prospective
study
included
13,489
participants
had
data
UK
Biobank.
Circulating
metabolites
were
quantified
via
NMR
spectroscopy.
Cox
proportional
hazard
(CPH)
models
performed
estimate
associations
between
and
risk.
Supporting
vector
machine,
random
forest,
extreme
gradient
boosting
used
select
optimal
metabolite
panel
prediction.
CPH
survival
forest
(RSF)
utilized
validate
predictive
ability
metabolites.
During
a
median
follow-up
13.6
years,
2525
developed
After
adjusting
covariates,
94
168
associated
A
nine
metabolites,
selected
by
all
three
machine-learning
algorithms,
was
found
significantly
improve
prediction
beyond
conventional
factors
model
(area
under
receiver-operating
characteristic
curve,
1
year:
0.823
+
vs
0.759
factors,
5
years:
0.830
0.798,
10
0.801
0.776,
p
<
0.05).
Similar
results
observed
RSF
model.
Categorization
according
predicted
value
thresholds
revealed
distinct
cumulative
Our
lends
support
use
markers
help
progressing
inform
targeted
efficient
Shanghai
Municipal
Health
Commission
(2022XD017).
Innovative
Research
Team
High-level
Local
Universities
(SHSMU-ZDCX20212501).
Human
Resources
Social
Security
Bureau
(2020074).
Clinical
Plan
Hospital
Development
Center
(SHDC2020CR4006).
Science
Technology
Municipality
(22015810500).
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(4)
Published: Aug. 10, 2023
Data
on
loneliness
among
older
adults
in
China
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic
are
still
scarce.
This
study
aimed
to
examine
prevalence
of
and
identify
its
associated
factors
Chinese
pandemic.During
pandemic,
1268
(aged
50+
years)
were
recruited
through
snowball
sampling.
The
version
validated
six-item
De
Jong
Gierveld
Loneliness
Scale
was
used
assess
participants'
recent
feelings
loneliness,
a
cut-off
score
two
or
more
indicate
presence
loneliness.Loneliness
experienced
by
37.9%
participants
days.
Factors
significantly
with
included
male
sex
(vs.
female,
OR:
1.62,
p
<
.001),
an
education
level
middle
school
below
college
above,
1.50,
=
.007),
residing
epicenter
other
provinces,
1.48,
.004),
concern
about
contracting
(OR:
1.68,
poor
knowledge
2.39,
.012),
physical
health
problems
1.65,
.001).Loneliness
is
common
amid
pandemic.
Targeted
intervention
programs
may
be
effective
reducing
who
worried
COVID-19,
have
knowledge,
experience
problems.
Medicina,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
59(5), P. 948 - 948
Published: May 15, 2023
Introduction:
Depression
is
a
common
and
severe
comorbidity
among
individuals
with
heart
failure
(HF).
Up
to
third
of
all
HF
patients
are
depressed,
an
even
higher
proportion
have
symptoms
depression.
Aim:
In
this
review,
we
evaluate
the
relationship
between
depression,
explain
pathophysiology
epidemiology
both
diseases
their
relationship,
highlight
novel
diagnostic
therapeutic
options
for
Materials
Methods:
This
narrative
review
involved
keyword
searches
PubMed
Web
Science.
Review
search
terms
included
[“Depression”
OR
“Depres*”
“major
depr*”]
AND
[“Heart
Failure”
“HF”
“HFrEF”
“HFmrEF”
“HFpEF”
“HFimpEF”]
in
fields.
Studies
met
following
criteria:
(A)
published
peer-reviewed
journal;
(B)
described
impact
depression
on
vice
versa;
(C)
were
opinion
papers,
guidelines,
case
studies,
descriptive
randomized
control
trials,
prospective
retrospective
reviews,
systematic
reviews.
Results:
emergent
risk
factor
strongly
relates
worse
clinical
outcomes.
share
multiple
pathways,
including
platelet
dis-reactivity,
neuroendocrine
malfunction,
inappropriate
inflammation,
tachi-arrhythmias,
frailty
social
community
setting.
Existing
guidelines
urge
evaluation
patients,
numerous
screening
tools
available.
ultimately
diagnosed
based
DSM-5
criteria.
There
non-pharmaceutical
pharmaceutical
treatments
Regarding
depressed
symptoms,
treatments,
such
as
cognitive-behavioral
therapy
physical
exercise,
shown
results,
under
medical
supervision
effort
level
adapted
patient’s
resources,
together
optimal
treatment.
selective
serotonin
reuptake
inhibitors,
backbone
antidepressant
treatment,
did
not
demonstrate
advantage
over
placebo
HF.
New
medications
currently
being
studied
could
provide
chance
enhance
management,
Conclusions:
Despite
substantial
link
HF,
combination
underdiagnosed
undertreated.
Considering
hopeful
yet
unclear
findings
further
research
required
identify
people
who
may
benefit
from
medication.
The
goal
future
should
be
complete
approach
care
these
anticipated
become
significant
burden
future.
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 12, 2024
OBJECTIVES:
To
evaluate
if
social
isolation
or
loneliness
is
associated
with
outcomes
1
year
after
low
energy
hip
fracture.
METHODS:
Design:
Prospective
inception
cohort
study.
Setting:
Academic
Level
I
Trauma
Center.
Patient
Selection
Criteria:
Participants
were
≥
65
years
of
age
and
enrolled
2-4
days
surgery
for
a
first
Exclusion
criteria
bilateral
periprosthetic
fracture,
previous
non-English
speaking,
international
address,
active
cancer,
stage
4
cancer
in
the
past
5
years,
radiation
to
region
cognitive
impairment.
followed
longitudinally
one
year.
Outcome
Measures
Comparisons:
The
PROMIS-29
was
elicited
post-operatively
later.
reported
risk
factors
included
Lubben
Social
Networks
Scale
UCLA
Loneliness
Scale,
which
compared
Lower
Extremity
Activity
domains.
RESULTS:
Three
hundred
twenty-five
patients
enrolled.
had
median
81.7
70.9
%
female
85.9%
white.
31.6%
socially
isolated
at
time
At
year,
222
291
subjects
who
confirmed
alive
provided
data.
Multivariable
linear
models
performed
separately
each
outcome,
including
Controlling
age,
sex,
education,
body
mass
index,
those
fracture
worse
function
(β=
-3.83
p=
0.02)
ability
participate
roles
-4.17
0.01)
Secondary
analyses
found
that
pre-fracture
clinically
meaningfully
function,
anxiety,
depression,
fatigue,
sleep,
pain
(all
p<
0.01).
CONCLUSIONS:
Pre-fracture
surgical
repair
This
data
suggests
may
be
more
strongly
important
patient
centric
metrics
than
isolation.
Given
dearth
modifiable
this
population,
future
studies
are
needed
whether
improving
connections
could
impact
rapidly
growing
demographic.
Journal of the American Heart Association,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(10)
Published: May 10, 2024
Social
factors
encompass
a
broad
spectrum
of
nonmedical
factors,
including
objective
(social
isolation
[SI])
and
perceived
(loneliness)
conditions.
Although
social
have
attracted
considerable
research
attention,
information
regarding
their
impact
on
patients
with
heart
failure
is
scarce.
We
aimed
to
investigate
the
prognostic
SI
loneliness
in
older
failure.
Identification
of
individuals
with
prediabetes
who
are
at
high
risk
developing
diabetes
allows
for
precise
interventions.
We
aimed
to
determine
the
role
nuclear
magnetic
resonance
(NMR)-based
metabolomic
signature
in
predicting
progression
from
diabetes.This
prospective
study
included
13,489
participants
had
data
UK
Biobank.
Circulating
metabolites
were
quantified
via
NMR
spectroscopy.
Cox
proportional
hazard
(CPH)
models
performed
estimate
associations
between
and
risk.
Supporting
vector
machine,
random
forest,
extreme
gradient
boosting
used
select
optimal
metabolite
panel
prediction.
CPH
survival
forest
(RSF)
utilized
validate
predictive
ability
metabolites.During
a
median
follow-up
13.6
years,
2,525
developed
diabetes.
After
adjusting
covariates,
94
168
associated
A
nine
metabolites,
selected
by
all
three
machine
learning
algorithms,
was
found
significantly
improve
prediction
beyond
conventional
factors
model
(area
under
receiver
operating
characteristic
curve
[AUROC],
1-year:
0.823
+
vs
0.759
factors,
5-year:
0.830
0.798,
10-year:
0.801
0.776,
P
<0.05).
Similar
results
observed
RSF
model.
Categorization
according
predicted
value
thresholds
revealed
distinct
cumulative
diabetes.Our
lends
support
use
markers
help
progressing
inform
targeted
efficient
interventions.Shanghai
Municipal
Health
Commission
(2022XD017).
Innovative
Research
Team
High-level
Local
Universities
Shanghai
(SHSMU-ZDCX20212501).
Human
Resources
Social
Security
Bureau
(2020074).
Clinical
Plan
Hospital
Development
Center
(SHDC2020CR4006).
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
37(1)
Published: March 8, 2025
Abstract
Background
Although
social
isolation
has
been
identified
as
a
risk
factor
for
cognitive
impairment,
its
potential
impact
relative
to
other
documented
factors
not
comprehensively
quantified,
leading
underestimation
in
public
health
strategies.
We
aimed
address
this
gap
by
quantifying
the
contribution
of
decline
context
factors.
Methods
Social
was
evaluated
using
modified
Network
Index
(SNI)
and
function
through
Delayed
Word
Recall
Test
(DWRT)
Mini-Mental
State
Examination
(MMSE).
Linear
logistic
regression
models
were
employed
analyze
associations
between
outcomes,
adjusting
demographic
health-related
Additionally,
XGBoost
algorithm
with
SHapley
Additive
exPlanations
(SHAP)
used
quantify
importance
predictors.
Results
A
total
25,981
participants
recruited
from
2003
2008.
The
mean
age
62.0
years,
28.4%
being
men.
Higher
significantly
associated
lower
DWRT
(β=-0.15;
95%
CI:
-0.21
-0.09)
MMSE
scores
(β=-0.34;
-0.48
-0.19),
higher
odds
memory
impairment
(OR
=
1.27;
1.15
1.40)
poor
1.56;
1.23
1.99).
analysis
ranked
fifth
most
important
predictor
(SHAP
value
0.175)
eighth
0.0133).
Subgroup
analyses
indicated
stronger
among
older
adults,
individuals
education
or
manual
occupation.
Conclusion
Our
findings
showed
that
is
an
outcomes.
This
underscores
urgent
need
targeted
interventions
addressing
isolation,
alongside
key
factors,
preserve
health.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: March 8, 2025
Social
isolation
is
common
and
associated
with
many
adverse
outcomes.
The
evidence
regarding
social
mortality
among
middle-aged
older
adults
arthritis
was
lacking.
study
aimed
to
examine
the
association
between
in
this
population.
This
used
data
from
four
prospective
cohorts:
National
Health
Aging
Trends
Study
(NHATS),
English
Longitudinal
of
Ageing
(ELSA),
China
Retirement
(CHARLS),
Chinese
Healthy
Longevity
Survey
(CLHLS).
Individuals
(including
osteoarthritis
rheumatoid
arthritis)
these
cohorts
were
included.
assessed
using
self-reported
questionnaires.
Cox
proportional
hazards
regression
models
conducted
evaluate
associations.
At
baseline,
a
total
16,035
individuals
(3872
NHATS,
3259
ELSA,
5645
CHARLS,
CLHLS)
increased
risk
meta-analysis
(hazard
ratio
[HR]
1.42,
95%
confidence
interval
[CI]:
1.26–1.59),
individual
(NHATS:
HR
1.53,
CI
1.19–1.97;
ELSA:
1.31,
1.02–1.67;
CLHLS:
1.50,
1.36–1.64)
after
being
adjusted
for
confounder
factors.
Additionally,
increasing
score,
also
(HR
1.19,
1.15–1.24),
as
well
1.22,
1.14–1.30;
1.13–1.26).
Subgroups
analysis
results
suggested
that
independently
higher
likelihood
arthritis,
regardless
gender,
lifestyles,
chronic
diseases.