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bioRxiv, 7 Aug 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed

doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.06.743184