Liu Xuezhi, Zhang Yanzhen, Wu Jianxiao, Zeng Yadi, Guo Lingjing, Ye Baojuan
School of Education, School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China.
Jiangxi College of Foreign Studies, Nanchang, China.
Front Public Health. 2025 Apr 10;13:1475951. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1475951. eCollection 2025.
In the context of global aging, it is crucial to understand the heterogeneity, changing trends, and influencing factors of social isolation in older people.
7198 older people over 60 in China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey in 2016 and 2018 were analyzed, using Latent Profile Analysis, Latent Transition Analysis, and multiple logistic regression analysis.
The study identified five categories of social isolation among older people; the rural, widowed, with low daily living activity ability, and with low cognitive ability were more likely to belong to the social isolation category; the stability of various profiles of social isolation was strong, but the high-level social network category had the danger of changing to the medium-level social network category and the social isolation risk category; over time, those with high daily living activity ability moved into worse social isolation categories, while those with high cognitive ability moved into better categories.
The social isolation status of the older adult had group heterogeneity and transitioned over time. The findings provide empirical evidence for taking targeted measures based on the influencing factors in older people to achieve successful aging.
在全球老龄化的背景下，了解老年人社会隔离的异质性、变化趋势及影响因素至关重要。
对2016年和2018年中国老年社会追踪调查中7198名60岁及以上老年人进行分析，采用潜在类别分析、潜在转变分析和多重逻辑回归分析。
研究识别出老年人社会隔离的五类情况；农村老年人、丧偶老年人、日常生活活动能力低的老年人以及认知能力低的老年人更有可能属于社会隔离类别；各类社会隔离状况的稳定性较强，但高社会网络类别有转变为中等社会网络类别和社会隔离风险类别的危险；随着时间推移，日常生活活动能力高的老年人进入更差的社会隔离类别，而认知能力高的老年人进入更好的类别。
老年人的社会隔离状况存在群体异质性且随时间转变。研究结果为基于老年人的影响因素采取针对性措施以实现成功老龄化提供了实证依据。
