The prevalence of anxiety on the empty-nest elders in China

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ID4226802
AutoresLei Wang (0000-0001-5326-565X, Nanjing University, People’s Republic of China), Qunfei Shentu (Nanjing University, People’s Republic of China), Banghua Xu (Shenzhen Polytechnic, People’s Republic of China), Ying Liang (0000-0002-1314-8261, Nanjing University, People’s Republic of China, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen25
Número2
Páginas152-160
Fecha de publicación2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105318776727
PMID29895177
OpenAlexW2808128891
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas25

This study aims to review the pooled prevalence of anxiety disorders among empty-nest elderly in China. Nine studies and 4245 empty-nest elders in China were included in this meta-analysis. A combined effect size with 95 percent confidence intervals was calculated to indicate the magnitude of the effect. The results indicated that the pooled prevalence of anxiety disorders among empty-nest elderly in China was 41.0% (95% confidence interval: 26%-56%). In addition, the different regions in China show different prevalence of anxiety. We speculated that the prevalence varies based on the different methods performed in the empty-nest elderly

Anxiety · Biology · China · Confidence interval · Geography · Meta-analysis · Psychiatry · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Internal Medicine