ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Aging Neurosci.
Sec. Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior
Volume 17 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1574095
This article is part of the Research TopicEnhancing Geriatric Care: International Collaboration and Best Practices for Aging PopulationsView all 18 articles
Latent profile analysis of loneliness among elderly people in the community and its relationship with cognitive function
Provisionally accepted
- 1School of Nursing, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
- 2Neurology Intensive Care Unit, East Hospital Affiliated To Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Objectives:To explore the latent profiles of loneliness in community-dwelling older adults and to explore the relationship between categories and cognitive functioning to inform targeted interventions.A survey was conducted on 658 elderly individuals from 9 communities in Henan Province using the Simplified Loneliness Scale and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale. Mplus8.3 was used for latent profile analysis, and SPSS26.0 software was used to compare the cognitive function differences of elderly people with different types of loneliness.Results: prevalence rate of mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults 31.00% (204/658). The latent profiles of loneliness symptoms in community-dwelling older adults can be categorized into three latent profiles: low 2 loneliness group (54.4%), social loneliness group (24.3%), and emotional loneliness group (21.3%). Community-dwelling older adults in the emotional loneliness group had a higher risk of cognitive impairment compared to the low loneliness group (OR=1.693, P<0.05).Three categories of loneliness exist in community-dwelling older adults, with differences in cognitive functioning among community-dwelling older adults with different latent profiles. Community healthcare workers should pay attention to the loneliness of older adults during cognitive function screening, and especially provide psychological counseling to emotionally isolated community-dwelling older adults in order to reduce the risk of cognitive impairment.
Keywords: older adults, Loneliness, Community, Cognitive Function, cognitive impairment, latent profile analysis
Received: 10 Feb 2025; Accepted: 29 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yang, Yang, Liu, Wang, Wang, Zhao, Zhang, Zhang and Zhang. 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) or licensor 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.
* Correspondence: Lei Yang, School of Nursing, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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