bioRxiv
Association of Sleep with Anxiety in Chinese Empty-Nest Older Adults: The Mediating Roles of Physical Exercise and Social Participation
Preprint: study in peoplePopulations
Abstract
Sleep disturbances are common among older adults and are often closely associated with anxiety symptoms, which together can substantially compromise physical and mental health.A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2017/2018 wave of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS).
The paper
Gachon University; Shandong Xiehe University
bioRxiv, 7 Aug 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed



