Loneliness and Social Isolation Among US Older Adults

JAMA. 2024 Dec 9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.23213. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Preeti N Malani^{1

2}, Erica Solway³, Matthias Kirch³, Dianne C Singer³, J Scott Roberts⁴, Jeffrey T Kullgren^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
² Deputy Editor, JAMA.
³ Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor.
⁵ VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PMID: 39652320
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.23213

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Plain language summary

This study characterizes loneliness and social isolation among population-based samples of community-dwelling US adults aged 50 to 80 years.