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Loneliness in Older Persons

Author(s) -

Carla Perissinotto,

Irena Cenzer,

Kenneth E. Covinsky

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1993

Subject(s) - loneliness , psychosocial , gerontology , health and retirement study , activities of daily living , feeling , quality of life (healthcare) , distress , depression (economics) , medicine , socioeconomic status , demography , psychology , population , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , environmental health , sociology , economics , macroeconomics , nursing , social psychology

Loneliness is a common source of distress, suffering, and impaired quality of life in older persons. We examined the relationship between loneliness, functional decline, and death in adults older than 60 years in the United States.

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