Back to Search
Start Over
Systematic review of factors influencing loneliness in older-adult migrants.
- Source :
- Aging & Mental Health; Aug2024, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p1129-1141, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
-
Abstract
- Older-adult migrants constitute a proportion of the global population, and loneliness hinders their adaptation to host areas. However, review studies on risk factors for loneliness target general older-adults without focusing on older-adult migrants. Therefore, this study systematically reviews and synthesizes the factors influencing the loneliness of older-adult migrants. Five databases were searched and screened for quantitative studies investigating the relationship between risk factors and loneliness among older-adult migrants (over age 50). Finally, 35 articles were included. Factors related to loneliness in older-adult migrants were synthesized into sociodemographic, physical health, psychological, interpersonal, and acculturation-related factors. Consistent significant relationships with loneliness were found for a few risk factors, including not having spouses, low subjective financial status, poor self-rated health, poor psychological status, few non-kin ties, low quality of kin and non-kin ties, and a weak sense of belonging to either one's ethnic group or that of the host areas. This review discusses the unique findings on the risk factors for loneliness in older-adult migrants. Additionally, the current literature on loneliness in older-adult migrants has some research gaps, calling for longitudinal studies with a rigorous design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RISK assessment
SELF-evaluation
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
HEALTH status indicators
ACCULTURATION
SPOUSES
SOCIOECONOMIC status
LONELINESS
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SYSTEMATIC reviews
FAMILY attitudes
MEDLINE
ODDS ratio
MIGRANT labor
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
INTERPERSONAL relations
ONLINE information services
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
SOCIAL classes
WELL-being
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13607863
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Aging & Mental Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178440332
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2340736