Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women

By Andrew Steptoe, A. Shankar, P. Demakakos, J. Wardle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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The Neurobiology of Social Distance (2020, positive): “For example, a longitudinal analysis of ~6500 British men and women aged 50–59 years [17] found that being socially isolated increases the risk of dying in the next decade by ~25%.”
Well-being is more than happiness and life satisfaction: a multidimensional analysis of 21 countries (2020, background): “For example, ageing beyond 75 is often associated with increased loneliness and isolation [33, 43], and reduction in safe, independent mobility [31], which may therefore correspond with lower scores on positive relationships, engagement, and vitality, and ultimately lower scores on MPWB than younger”
Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation Among Young Adults in the U.S (2017, background): “In view of these underlying mechanisms, it is not surprising that social isolation can substantially increase the risk for all-cause mortality.(7) The construct of social isolation includes both objective social isolation—the actual lack of social ties—and subjective social isolation—the feeling of ”
Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study (2020, methodology): “Scores above 6 have been used as a cut-off point for loneliness in past research [7,48].”
Age-Related Diseases and Clinical and Public Health Implications for the 85 Years Old and Over Population (2017, background): “Alternatively, social isolation predicts mortality and other adverse outcomes in older adults (58).”
Social isolation, loneliness and health in old age: a scoping review (2017, background): “Steptoe et al. (2013) reached the opposite conclusion using UK data, as the effects of loneliness in their study on mortality were not independent of the demographic characteristics and health status of the respondents, contrary to the effects of social isolation.”