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. 2025 Jan 21;333(3):254-257.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.23213.

Loneliness and Social Isolation Among US Older Adults

Preeti N Malani  1   2 , Erica Solway  3 , Matthias Kirch  3 , Dianne C Singer  3 , J Scott Roberts  4 , Jeffrey T Kullgren  1   5
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Loneliness and Social Isolation Among US Older Adults

Preeti N Malani et al. JAMA. .
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Plain language summary

This study characterizes loneliness and social isolation among population-based samples of community-dwelling US adults aged 50 to 80 years.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Kullgren reported receipt of consulting fees from SeeChange Health, HealthMine, the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, and the Washington State Office of the Attorney General and honoraria from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AbilTo Inc, the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, the American Diabetes Association, the Luxembourg National Research Fund, the Donaghue Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Pennsylvania. No other disclosures were reported.

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