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Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic

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 a...

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Main Authors: Ng, Siew-Imm, Lim, Xin-Jean, Hsu, Hui-Chuan, Chou, Chen-Chen
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Published: Oxford University Press 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100150/
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/38/3/daac040/6570174
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1001502024-07-17T03:39:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100150/ Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic Ng, Siew-Imm Lim, Xin-Jean Hsu, Hui-Chuan Chou, Chen-Chen 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. Oxford University Press 2022-04-19 Article PeerReviewed Ng, Siew-Imm and Lim, Xin-Jean and Hsu, Hui-Chuan and Chou, Chen-Chen (2022) Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Promotion International, 38 (3). pp. 1-11. ISSN 0957-4824; ESSN: 1460-2245 https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/38/3/daac040/6570174 10.1093/heapro/daac040
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description 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.
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author Ng, Siew-Imm
Lim, Xin-Jean
Hsu, Hui-Chuan
Chou, Chen-Chen
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Lim, Xin-Jean
Hsu, Hui-Chuan
Chou, Chen-Chen
Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic
author_facet Ng, Siew-Imm
Lim, Xin-Jean
Hsu, Hui-Chuan
Chou, Chen-Chen
author_sort Ng, Siew-Imm
title Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort age-friendliness of city, loneliness and depression moderated by internet use during the covid-19 pandemic
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100150/
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