ArticleBMC public health2023
Disability and loneliness in the United Kingdom: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of trends and transitions.
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- Social isolation and loneliness effects on medication adherence in older adults: perspectives from a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- When "Integration" fails to address loneliness: interventional challenges of parent-led organizations for autistic children's social/emotional loneliness and health equity in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Physical disability and risk of incident hypertension: a prospective cohort analysis.Journal of human hypertension · 2025Article
- The association between loneliness and pain, and the role of physical health and distress: an analysis in 139 countries.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association of Loneliness with Functional and Cognitive Status in Minor and Major Neurocognitive Disorders.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Disability-related inequalities in the prevalence of loneliness across the lifespan: trends from Australia, 2003 to 2020.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Loneliness, online learning and student outcomes in college students living with disabilities: results from the National College Health Assessment Spring 2022.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundLoneliness can have a detrimental impact on health, yet little is known about the association between disability and loneliness.
methodsSecondary analysis of three waves of data collected between 2017 and 2020 by the UK's annual household panel study, Understanding Society. Direct age-standardisation was used to compare the prevalence of loneliness at each wave and the persistence of loneliness across all three waves for participants with/without disabilities aged 16-65 years. Transitional probabilities for the stability of loneliness, the stability of non-loneliness, the onset of loneliness and the offset of loneliness between consecutive waves were also estimated.
resultsAt each wave, the prevalence of loneliness was significantly higher among respondents with disabilities than respondents without disabilities; these inequalities persisted with no evidence of change over time. The prevalence of persistent loneliness was 46% for respondents with disabilities compared with 22% for respondents without disabilities. Risk factors for the likelihood of persistent loneliness included disability, financial stress, not living as a couple, living in rented accommodation, being female and not being employed. The probability of the onset and stability of loneliness between successive waves were markedly higher for people with disabilities compared with people without disabilities.
conclusionAdults with disabilities were more likely to experience loneliness, become lonely and remain lonely over time than their peers. Policies and interventions aimed at reducing loneliness should ensure that they are accessible and effective for people with disabilities. Further research is needed to explore the health outcomes of persistent loneliness among people with/without disabilities.
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