Loneliness as a Public Health Challenge: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to Inform Policy and Practice.

Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ · 2025 · PMC12293955 · PMID 40709964

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.062so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

showed a trendno p-value reported

The meta-regression showed a trend favoring CBT, though it did not reach statistical significance ( k = 7; b = 0.57, 95% [−0.04, 1.18], p = 0.062).

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