ArticleJournal of primary care & community health
Loneliness in Relation to Social Factors and Self-Reported Health Among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Factors contributing to self-rated health in community-dwelling independent 75-year-old Finns: a population-based cross-sectional cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Trial
- Interaction Frequency, Interaction Satisfaction, and Physical Frailty by Living Arrangement among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2026Article
- Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation Through the HELPeN Telephone-Call Program: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Adults Living in the Community.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Significance of Social Connections and Health in Relation to Loneliness Experienced by Older Adults Living at Home: A Qualitative Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Loneliness and Psychological Distress in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kazakhstan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Self-reported, functional, and objective health and sociodemographic characteristics among older adults in Kenya: findings from the pilot longitudinal study of health and ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK).Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundLoneliness is described as a public health problem and can be both a consequence of aging and a cause of ill health. Lonely older adults tend to have difficulties making new social connections, essential in reducing loneliness. Loneliness often varies over time, but established loneliness tends to persist. Maintaining good health is fundamental throughout the life course. Social connections change with aging, which can contribute to loneliness.
aimThis study aimed to investigate loneliness in relation to social factors and self-reported health among older adults.
methodA cross-sectional research design was used based on data from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, Blekinge (SNAC-B), from February 2019 to April 2021. Statistical analysis consisted of descriptive and inferential analysis.
resultsOf n = 394 participants, 31.7% (n = 125) stated loneliness. Close emotional connections were necessary for less loneliness. Loneliness was more common among those who did not live with their spouse or partner and met more rarely. Furthermore, seeing grandchildren and neighbors less often increased loneliness, and a more extensive social network decreased loneliness.
conclusionThis study underlined the importance of social connections and having someone to share a close, emotional connection with to reduce loneliness.
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