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ArticleAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2025

The Role of Daily Calls to Telephone Companionship Lines for Older Adults Experiencing Chronic Loneliness.

Danielle P Escueta, Soe Han Tha, Katrina A Hough, Preston Burnes, Carla M Perissinotto, Ashwin A Kotwal

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Article in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Danielle P EscuetaDepartment of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Soe Han ThaDivision of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Katrina A HoughDivision of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Preston BurnesInstitute on Aging Friendship Line, San Francisco, California, USA.
Carla M PerissinottoDivision of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2754-8450
Ashwin A KotwalDivision of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6137-8512

Funding

Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Older Adults with and without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in the Last Years of LifeK23AG065438 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KOTWAL, ASHWIN AJIT · 2020 to 2024
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Metta FundNIA NIH HHS K23 AG065438NIA NIH HHS K23AG065438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study uses mixed methods to understand the experiences of daily versus nondaily callers to a telephone-based companionship line, the Institute on Aging Friendship Line, for loneliness. Baseline interviews of Friendship Line participants (n = 63) were conducted between October 1st, 2020, and April 30th, 2021, with follow-up interviews at 3 and 6 months. We tested the association of call volume (daily vs. nondaily) with chronic loneliness, defined as scoring 6+ points on the 3-item UCLA Scale (Range: 3-9 points) at two or more time points. In addition, we analyzed qualitative interviews of a purposive sample (n = 23) thematically. Daily callers were more likely to be chronically lonely than nondaily callers (61% vs. 18%, χ

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FriendsLonelinessSocial SupportTelephoneAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleMiddle Agedlonelinessolder adultstelephone linesUCLA Loneliness Scale

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