Living alone, socially isolated or lonely--what are we measuring?

doi:10.1007/s11606-014-2977-8

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. 2014 Nov;29(11):1429-31.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2977-8.

Living alone, socially isolated or lonely--what are we measuring?

Carla M Perissinotto¹, Kenneth E Covinsky

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¹ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California St. Suite 380, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA, carla.perissinotto@ucsf.edu.

PMID: 25092012
PMCID: PMC4238196
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2977-8

Editorial

Living alone, socially isolated or lonely--what are we measuring?

Carla M Perissinotto et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;29(11):1429-31.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2977-8.

Authors

Carla M Perissinotto¹, Kenneth E Covinsky

Affiliation

¹ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California St. Suite 380, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA, carla.perissinotto@ucsf.edu.

PMID: 25092012
PMCID: PMC4238196
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2977-8

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1. Perissinotto CM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Covinsky KE. Loneliness in older persons: a predictor of functional decline and death. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1078–83. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1993. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Andrew MK. Reported loneliness rather than social isolation is a risk factor for 10-year mortality in older men. Evid Based Ment Health. 2012;15:87. doi: 10.1136/eb-2012-100943. - DOI - PubMed
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1. Steptoe A, Shankar A, Demakakos P, Wardle J. Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110:5797–801. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1219686110. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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[1] Perissinotto CM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Covinsky KE. Loneliness in older persons: a predictor of functional decline and death. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1078–83. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1993. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Perissinotto CM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Covinsky KE. Loneliness in older persons: a predictor of functional decline and death. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1078–83. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1993. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Andrew MK. Reported loneliness rather than social isolation is a risk factor for 10-year mortality in older men. Evid Based Ment Health. 2012;15:87. doi: 10.1136/eb-2012-100943. - DOI - PubMed

[4] Andrew MK. Reported loneliness rather than social isolation is a risk factor for 10-year mortality in older men. Evid Based Ment Health. 2012;15:87. doi: 10.1136/eb-2012-100943. - DOI - PubMed

[5] Burholt V, Scharf T. Poor health and loneliness in later life: the role of depressive symptoms, social resources, and rural environments. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2014;69:311–24. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbt121. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Burholt V, Scharf T. Poor health and loneliness in later life: the role of depressive symptoms, social resources, and rural environments. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2014;69:311–24. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbt121. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Steptoe A, Shankar A, Demakakos P, Wardle J. Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110:5797–801. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1219686110. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Steptoe A, Shankar A, Demakakos P, Wardle J. Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110:5797–801. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1219686110. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Russell D, Peplau LA, Cutrona CE. The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: concurrent and discriminant validity evidence. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1980;39:472–80. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.39.3.472. - DOI - PubMed

[10] Russell D, Peplau LA, Cutrona CE. The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: concurrent and discriminant validity evidence. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1980;39:472–80. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.39.3.472. - DOI - PubMed

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