Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

BACKGROUND: Perceived loneliness in adolescence is associated with a plethora of adverse outcomes. However, data on its temporal trends are scarce. Therefore, we aimed to examine the temporal trend of perceived loneliness among school-going adolescents aged 12-15?years from 28 countries in Africa, A...

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Autores: Smith L, López Sánchez GF, Pizzol D, Yon DK, Oh H, Kostev K, Gawronska J, Rahmati M, Butler L, Barnett Y, Ball G, Shin JI, Koyanagi A
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
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Palabra clave:Adolescents
Epidemiology
Loneliness
Multi-country
Time trends
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spelling Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.Smith LLópez Sánchez GFPizzol DYon DKOh HKostev KGawronska JRahmati MButler LBarnett YBall GShin JIKoyanagi AAdolescentsEpidemiologyLonelinessMulti-countryTime trendsBACKGROUND: Perceived loneliness in adolescence is associated with a plethora of adverse outcomes. However, data on its temporal trends are scarce. Therefore, we aimed to examine the temporal trend of perceived loneliness among school-going adolescents aged 12-15?years from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, where temporal trends of loneliness are largely unknown. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey 2003-2017 were analyzed. Perceived loneliness referred to feeling lonely most of the time or always in the past 12?months. Crude linear trends of perceived loneliness by country were assessed by linear regression models. RESULTS: Data on 180,087 adolescents aged 12-15?years were analyzed [Mean (SD) age 13.7 (1.0) years; 51.4?% females]. The overall prevalence of perceived loneliness was 10.7?%. Among the 28 countries included in the study, significant increasing and decreasing trends were observed in six counties each, with stable trends found in 16 countries. The most drastic increase and decrease were observed in Egypt between 2006 (7.9?%) and 2011 (14.3?%), and in Samoa between 2011 (23.3?%) and 2017 (8.0?%), respectively. Stable trends with high prevalence across time were also common. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that perceived loneliness among adolescents is a global phenomenon, which has seen little improvement if any in recent years. It would be prudent to implement nationwide policies to combat loneliness globally.ELSEVIER2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://fsjd.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=24871JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERSISSN: 01650327ISSNe: 15732517reponame:r-FSJD. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déuinstname:Fundació Sant Joan de DéuInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:fsjd.fundanetsuite.com:p248712026-05-27T12:37:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
title Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
spellingShingle Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Smith L
Adolescents
Epidemiology
Loneliness
Multi-country
Time trends
title_short Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
title_full Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
title_fullStr Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
title_full_unstemmed Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
title_sort Global time trends of perceived loneliness among adolescents from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Smith L
López Sánchez GF
Pizzol D
Yon DK
Oh H
Kostev K
Gawronska J
Rahmati M
Butler L
Barnett Y
Ball G
Shin JI
Koyanagi A
author Smith L
author_facet Smith L
López Sánchez GF
Pizzol D
Yon DK
Oh H
Kostev K
Gawronska J
Rahmati M
Butler L
Barnett Y
Ball G
Shin JI
Koyanagi A
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author2 López Sánchez GF
Pizzol D
Yon DK
Oh H
Kostev K
Gawronska J
Rahmati M
Butler L
Barnett Y
Ball G
Shin JI
Koyanagi A
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescents
Epidemiology
Loneliness
Multi-country
Time trends
topic Adolescents
Epidemiology
Loneliness
Multi-country
Time trends
description BACKGROUND: Perceived loneliness in adolescence is associated with a plethora of adverse outcomes. However, data on its temporal trends are scarce. Therefore, we aimed to examine the temporal trend of perceived loneliness among school-going adolescents aged 12-15?years from 28 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, where temporal trends of loneliness are largely unknown. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey 2003-2017 were analyzed. Perceived loneliness referred to feeling lonely most of the time or always in the past 12?months. Crude linear trends of perceived loneliness by country were assessed by linear regression models. RESULTS: Data on 180,087 adolescents aged 12-15?years were analyzed [Mean (SD) age 13.7 (1.0) years; 51.4?% females]. The overall prevalence of perceived loneliness was 10.7?%. Among the 28 countries included in the study, significant increasing and decreasing trends were observed in six counties each, with stable trends found in 16 countries. The most drastic increase and decrease were observed in Egypt between 2006 (7.9?%) and 2011 (14.3?%), and in Samoa between 2011 (23.3?%) and 2017 (8.0?%), respectively. Stable trends with high prevalence across time were also common. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that perceived loneliness among adolescents is a global phenomenon, which has seen little improvement if any in recent years. It would be prudent to implement nationwide policies to combat loneliness globally.
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