ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Loneliness and pain among community-dwelling middle-aged and older Black, Latino, and White adults in the United States.
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- Tai Chi as a Mind-Body Intervention to Address Chronic Pain in Socially Isolated Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Unmet health-related social needs are associated with pain outcomes among midlife and older adults.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Psychological Distress in Older Adults Living in Puerto Rico during COVID-19.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2025Article
- Management of Chronic Pain in Elderly Patients: The Central Role of Nurses in Multidisciplinary Care.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Trajectories of loneliness, social isolation, and depressive symptoms before and after onset of pain in middle-aged and older adults.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- CORR Insights®: Are Levels of Loneliness Associated With Levels of Comfort and Capability in Musculoskeletal Illness?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2025Article
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Background: Prior research has demonstrated a strong and independent association between loneliness and pain, but few studies to date have explored this relationship in racially and ethnically diverse groups of midlife and older adults. We drew on the diathesis stress model of chronic pain and cumulative inequality theory to examine the relationship of loneliness and the presence and intensity of pain in a nationally representative sample of Black, Latino, and White adults aged 50 or older in the United States. Methods: Data were from Wave 3 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project ( Results: Almost half (46%) of the participants reported feeling lonely and 70% reported the presence of pain. Among those who reported pain ( Discussion: Loneliness is an important correlate of pain presence and intensity and may have a stronger effect on pain intensity among Latino adults aged 50 or older. We discuss clinical and research implications of these findings, including the need for more fine-grained analyses of different types of loneliness (e.g., social, emotional, existential) and their impact on these and other pain-related outcomes (e.g., interference). Our findings suggest a need for interventions to prevent and manage pain by targeting loneliness among middle-aged and older adults, particularly Latino persons.
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