ArticleAnnals of family medicine2019
Loneliness in Primary Care Patients: A Prevalence Study.
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- Psychological distress in Saudi prostate cancer patients: exploring prevalence and sociodemographic influences.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The 5D indicators of suicide risk in older adults who are lonely.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
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- Loneliness among family medicine providers and its impact on clinical and teaching practice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Healthcare providers' perceived importance and barriers to addressing social connection in medical settings.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Loneliness and delusion-like experiences among women: Mediating role of procrastination and boredom proneness.PloS one · 2025Article
- Addressing loneliness in emerging adults in primary care: a pilot feasibility study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Comparing cognitive behavioral therapy and social prescribing in patients with loneliness on long-term opioid therapy to reduce opioid misuse: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeLoneliness has important health consequences. Little is known, however, about loneliness in primary care patient populations. This study describes the prevalence of loneliness in patients presenting for primary care and associations with self-reported demographic factors, health care utilization, and health-related quality of life.
methodsWe conducted cross-sectional surveys of adults presenting for routine care to outpatient primary care practices in 2 diverse practice-based research networks. The 3-item University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale was utilized to determine loneliness.
resultsThe prevalence of loneliness was 20% (246/1,235). Loneliness prevalence was inversely associated with age (
conclusionsOur findings demonstrate that loneliness is common in primary care patients and is associated with adverse health consequences including poorer health status and greater health care utilization. Further work is needed to understand the value of screening for and using interventions to treat loneliness in primary care.
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