Engel, Lidia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-3149
Rizal, Muhammad Fikru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0064-3255
Clifford, Sharon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9031-2504
Faller, Jan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7645-2079
Lim, Michelle H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4136-5909
Le, Long Khanh-Dao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-6824
Chatterton, Mary Lou https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4902-9448
Mihalopoulos, Cathrine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7127-9462
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (2024805)
Monash University
Article History
Accepted: 29 May 2025
First Online: 16 June 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The authors confirm that all data generated or analysed during this study are included in this article and its electronic supplementary files.
: Not applicable.
: Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. This work was partly funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Loneliness, Social Isolation and Chronic Disease Management (#2024805).
: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. FR and SC performed the literature search, and LE, FR, SC, and JF performed the screening process. LE and FR extracted and appraised the quality of the data. LE wrote the initial draft of the manuscript, all authors commented on subsequent versions and read and approved the final manuscript.