Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22945784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Siew Imm Ng (0000-0002-6518-925X, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Siew-Imm Ng (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Xin-Jean Lim (0000-0002-6794-3607, National University of Malaysia), Hui‐chuan Hsu (0000-0002-3830-2480, Taipei Medical University, corresponding author), Chen-Chen Chou (Taipei City Government) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/daac040 |
| PMID | 35437585 |
| OpenAlex | W4224251390 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between age-friendliness of a city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use among older people during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The survey was from ‘The 2020 Survey of Needs Assessment for a Safe Community and Age-Friendly City’ in Xinyi District, Taipei, which was conducted by face-to-face interviews with community-based older adults who were aged 65 and above from one district of Taipei City from May to June 2020 (n = 335). Partial least square structural equation modeling and the SPSS PROCESS macro were used for data analysis. Two domains of an age-friendly city (housing and community support and health services) were found to be associated with reduced loneliness, while one (respect and social inclusion) was associated with decreased depression. The age-friendliness of cities mitigates depression through moderator (internet use) and mediation (loneliness) mechanisms. Although some age-friendly domains of the city reduced loneliness and depression directly, the age-friendliness–loneliness-depression mechanism held true only for older adults who used the internet and not for nonusers. Maintaining the age-friendliness of an environment is beneficial to mental health, and internet use is a necessary condition to gain optimum benefits from age-friendly initiatives. Policy suggestions are discussed.
Depression (economics) · Loneliness · Mediation · Mental health · Moderation · Psychiatry · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · The Internet · Aging and Gerontology Research · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Technology Use by Older Adults · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |