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Research Letter (254) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3356) Advanced Data Analytics in eHealth (381) Preventing Social Isolation and Fostering Social Interactions in Old Age (222) Robots in Healthcare (271) Internet Access and Digital Technology Use in an Elderly Population (647) Mental Health Issues in Elderly Patients and Geriatric Psychiatry (322) Loneliness and Social Isolation (226)

Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/105549, first published .
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Participant Characteristics Associated With Loneliness Reduction During a Digital Social Robot Intervention Among Older Adults Living Alone in Japan: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Participant Characteristics Associated With Loneliness Reduction During a Digital Social Robot Intervention Among Older Adults Living Alone in Japan: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Hiroshi Murayama1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mai Takase1 Author Orcid Image
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Hiroshi Murayama   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Mai Takase   1 , PhD

1 Research Team for Social Participation and Healthy Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

Corresponding Author:

  • Hiroshi Murayama, MPH, PhD
  • Research Team for Social Participation and Healthy Aging, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku
  • Tokyo 173-0015
  • Japan
  • Phone: 81 3-3964-3241
  • Email: murayama@tmig.or.jp