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Neighborhood, social isolation and mental health outcome among older people in Ghana
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Neighborhood, social isolation and mental health outcome among older people in Ghana

Razak M Gyasi, Abigail Assuamah Yeboah, Charlotte Monica Mensah, Ramatou Ouedraogo and Evelyn Aboagye Addae
Journal of affective disorders, Vol.259, pp.154-163
01/12/2019
PMID: 31445342

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Abstract

Mental health Neighborhood characteristics Older people Physical activity Psychological distress Social isolation
Loneliness and living alone have been strongly related to mental health but limited empirical evidence of these relationships exists among older people in Ghana. We examine the pathways of independent and interactive impacts of loneliness and living alone on psychological distress (PD) risk among older people in Ghana and to investigate whether the associations are moderated by neighborhood characteristics.

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