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Loneliness in Older Persons
Archives of Internal Medicine · 2012 · Vol. 172(14) · pp. 1078–83
Carla Perissinotto✉(University of California, San Francisco)Irena Cenzer(University of California, San Francisco)Kenneth E. Covinsky(San Francisco VA Medical Center)
Abstract
Among participants who were older than 60 years, loneliness was a predictor of functional decline and death.
Health disparities and outcomesAging and Gerontology ResearchHealth and Wellbeing ResearchLonelinessPsychosocialGerontologyHealth and Retirement StudyActivities of daily livingFeelingQuality of life (healthcare)DistressDepression (economics)Medicine
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLonelinessLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMortalityUnited StatesWalkingUpper Extremity
Funding
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Institute on Aging
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