Medical Xpress September 26, 2024
Pablo Ramos, Open University of Catalonia

Loneliness has become a very important social problem in recent decades. The unwanted emotions it can cause have a direct impact on people’s psychological well-being and are related to an increased risk of isolation, a decline in quality of life, poorer health, and even increased mortality. This situation is aggravated among older people, since they are a social group that is particularly vulnerable to this phenomenon.

A team of researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has conducted a review of studies on the ability of voice assistants to reduce feelings of loneliness among .

“The primary objective of our work was to examine the evidence on the impact of the use of voice assistants on loneliness among...

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