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Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Living alone is one of the most common psychosocial factors that may have an impact on lifestyle management and health status. Although many previous cross-sectional studies have found that living alone increases the risk of depression. However, this risk has rarely been assessed on the...

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Autores principales: Wu, Daolin, Liu, Fuwei, Huang, Shan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9468273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36111305
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.954857
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description BACKGROUND: Living alone is one of the most common psychosocial factors that may have an impact on lifestyle management and health status. Although many previous cross-sectional studies have found that living alone increases the risk of depression. However, this risk has rarely been assessed on the basis of longitudinal studies. Therefore, we will explore this relationship on the basis of longitudinal studies. METHODS: We systematically searched Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane databases up to May 2022. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled by a random-effects model using an inverse variance method. RESULTS: Seven studies (six cohort studies and one case-control study) were included in our study. A total of 123,859 without a history of psychosis individuals were included, and the proportion of females was 65.3%. We applied a random-effects model to minimize the heterogeneity. Overall, the pooled data suggest that people living alone are associated with an increased risk of depression compared to those who do not live alone (OR 1.42, 95%CI 1.19–1.70). CONCLUSION: Compared to people who live with others, living alone increases the risk of depression. Only cross-sectional studies and a few longitudinal studies currently support this association; more high-quality studies will be required in the future to confirm this causal association.
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spelling pubmed-94682732022-09-14 Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis Wu, Daolin Liu, Fuwei Huang, Shan Front Psychiatry Psychiatry BACKGROUND: Living alone is one of the most common psychosocial factors that may have an impact on lifestyle management and health status. Although many previous cross-sectional studies have found that living alone increases the risk of depression. However, this risk has rarely been assessed on the basis of longitudinal studies. Therefore, we will explore this relationship on the basis of longitudinal studies. METHODS: We systematically searched Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane databases up to May 2022. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled by a random-effects model using an inverse variance method. RESULTS: Seven studies (six cohort studies and one case-control study) were included in our study. A total of 123,859 without a history of psychosis individuals were included, and the proportion of females was 65.3%. We applied a random-effects model to minimize the heterogeneity. Overall, the pooled data suggest that people living alone are associated with an increased risk of depression compared to those who do not live alone (OR 1.42, 95%CI 1.19–1.70). CONCLUSION: Compared to people who live with others, living alone increases the risk of depression. Only cross-sectional studies and a few longitudinal studies currently support this association; more high-quality studies will be required in the future to confirm this causal association. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9468273/ /pubmed/36111305 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.954857 Text en Copyright © 2022 Wu, Liu and Huang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort assessment of the relationship between living alone and the risk of depression based on longitudinal studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9468273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36111305
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.954857
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