ArticleGeriatrics & gerontology international2021
Cross-national comparison of social isolation and mortality among older adults: A 10-year follow-up study in Japan and England.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of 90 cohort studies of social isolation, loneliness and mortality.Nature human behaviour · 2023Pooled it
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- Social network diversity and COVID-19 infection and severity risk: a longitudinal population study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association of Social Isolation and Loneliness With Chronic Low Back Pain Among Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Study From Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES).Journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Prognostic Value of Objective Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Patients With Heart Failure: Subanalysis of FRAGILE-HF and Kitasato Cohort.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Cultural engagement and prevalence of pain in socially isolated older people: a longitudinal modified treatment policy approach.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Regular exercise reduces the risk of all-cause mortality in socially isolated older adults: the Otassha Study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Social interaction trajectories and all-cause mortality in older adults: the Otassha study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The association between information and communication technologies, loneliness and social connectedness: A scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Associations of face-to-face and non-face-to-face social isolation with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: 13-year follow-up of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort study.BMC medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimExisting evidence links social isolation with poor health. To examine differences in the mortality risk by social isolation, and in socio-economic correlates of social isolation, we analyzed large-scale cohort studies in Japan and England.
methodsParticipants were drawn from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). We analyzed the 10-year mortality among 15 313 JAGES participants and 5124 ELSA respondents. Social isolation was measured by two scales, i.e., scoring the frequency of contact with close ties, and a composite measurement of social isolation risk. We calculated the population attributable fraction, and Cox regression models with multiple imputations were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality due to social isolation.
resultsThe proportion of those with contact frequency of less than once a month was 8.5% in JAGES and 1.3% in ELSA. Males, older people, those with poor self-rated health, and unmarried people were significantly associated with social isolation in both countries. Both scales showed that social isolation among older adults had a remarkably higher risk for premature death (less frequent contact with others in JAGES: hazard ratio [HR] = 1.18, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.05-1.33, in ELSA: HR = 1.27, 95% CI: 0.85-1.89; and high isolation risk score in JAGES: HR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.12-1.50, in ELSA: HR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.52-2.73). The population attributable fraction showed less frequent contact with close ties was attributed to about 18 000 premature deaths annually in Japan, in contrast with about 1800 in England.
conclusionsNegative health impacts of social isolation were higher among older Japanese compared with those in England. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2021; 21: 209-214.
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