Loneliness Trajectories: Evidence for Staged Intervention Among Chinese Bereaved Parents

Wang, Ning; Hu, Qian

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“…Among 6551 participants completed the surveys, 441 (6.7%), 2412 (36.8%), 3060 (46.7%), 598 (9.1%) and 40 (0.6%) reported very good, good, fair, bad and very bad, respectively. The responses were collapsed into two categories, i.e., good (very good, good) and poor (fair, bad, very bad) 28 .…”

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Association of self-rated health with chronic disease, mental health symptom and social relationship in older people

Yang

Deng

Geng

et al. 2021

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Chronic disease, mental health symptoms and poor social relations are reported common causes for poor self-rated health in older people. To assess the co-occurrence rate of chronic diseases, poor mental health and poor social relationships in older people, and determine their association with self-rated health. 6,551 older people in Zhongshan, China, participated a large health surveillance program were randomly selected and questioned about their SRH, chronic conditions, mental health symptoms and social relationships. The association between self-rated health and chronic conditions, poor mental health, social relationships, and their co-occurrence were analyzed. 56.4% of participants reported poor self-rated health. 39.1% experienced at least one chronic disease. 29.0% experienced one or more mental health symptoms; 19.5% experienced at least one poor social relationship. 7.8% had co-occurrence of chronic diseases, mental health problems, and poor social relationships. Logistic regressions showed that poor self-rated health was associated with chronic diseases, poor mental health, poor social relationships and their co-occurrence. The findings indicate the importance of managing chronic disease, poor mental health and poor social relationships for older people.

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Association of self-rated health with chronic disease, mental health symptom and social relationship in older people

Yang

Deng

Geng

et al. 2021

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“…An unfortunate effect of aging is losing family. In addition, losing a child affects mental health in older adults, placing them at a higher risk of being lonely (Wang & Hu, 2022). We control for the loss of a child by capturing a decrease in the number of living children across two waves of the LBS.…”

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Aging and loneliness: Why financial advisors should help clients and how

2022

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The primary goal of this study is to examine loneliness in retirement and explore steps that a financial planner can take to mitigate client loneliness.Using data from the Participant Lifestyle Questionnaire, and Leave-Behind Module from the Health and Retirement Study database, we show that even after controlling for relationship status and having a purpose in life, leisure activities can help reduce loneliness. When compared to increasing household wealth, the authors find that engaging in social activities has a greater impact on decreasing loneliness, signaling a possible duty of care owed to clients as it relates to well-being. We conclude with implications and practical strategies financial advisors can implement to help clients as they plan for and navigate retirement.

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“…Additionally, adult children are the primary caregivers for their parents in old age, which is expected by Chinese culture and law (Zheng, Lawson, & Anderson Head, 2017 ). Therefore, losing the only child may cause shidu parents to suffer intense and persistent grief (Wang & Hu, 2020 ; Yin et al, 2018 ; Zhang & Jia, 2019 ). Results from meta-analyses suggest that in general 9.8% of bereaved adults are at risk for PGD (Lundorff, Holmgren, Zachariae, Farver-Vestergaard, & O'Connor, 2017 ), while losing the only child is related to a higher PGD prevalence (Djelantik, Smid, et al, 2020 ).…”

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Network analysis of PGD, PTSD and insomnia symptoms in Chinese shidu parents with PGD

Xie

Zhou

et al. 2022

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background Chinese shidu parents (bereaved parents over the age of 49 who have lost their only child) are potentially at a high risk of prolonged grief disorder (PGD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and insomnia. Objective The current study aimed to estimate three network models in 310 shidu parents who met the ICD-11 criteria for PGD: (1) a PGD network to identify central symptoms; (2) a comorbidity network to explore bridge symptoms between PGD and PTSD; (3) a comorbidity network to examine the associations between PGD and insomnia symptoms. Methods The R-packages bootnet, qgraph and networktools were used to investigate the structure of network models and centrality indices of symptoms. In addition, robustness and significance analyses for the edge weights and the order of centrality were performed. Results Emotional pain and numbness emerged as the most central symptoms in the PGD network. In the PGD-PTSD comorbidity network, the highest bridge strength symptoms were inability to trust others (PGD) and feeling upset (PTSD). Inability to trust others (PGD), avoidance (PGD), and impairment of life quality (insomnia) were possible bridge symptoms connecting PGD and insomnia. Conclusions Reducing emotional pain and numbness may be a viable target in PGD interventions for shidu parents. Additionally, findings suggest that future studies could examine the role of inability to trust others and avoidance in PGD comorbidities. HIGHLIGHTS • Emotional pain and numbness were the most influential symptoms in shidu parents with PGD. The role of PGD symptoms of inability to trust others and avoidance in the comorbidities of PGD with PTSD and insomnia might be worthy of further study

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Loneliness Trajectories: Evidence for Staged Intervention Among Chinese Bereaved Parents

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Association of self-rated health with chronic disease, mental health symptom and social relationship in older people

Association of self-rated health with chronic disease, mental health symptom and social relationship in older people

Aging and loneliness: Why financial advisors should help clients and how

Network analysis of PGD, PTSD and insomnia symptoms in Chinese shidu parents with PGD

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