Loneliness Among Older Adults in Latin America, China, and India: Prevalence, Correlates and Association With Mortality

Loneliness Among Older Adults in Latin America, China, and India: Prevalence, Correlates and Association With Mortality

Objectives: This study was designed to explore prevalence and correlates of self-reported loneliness and to investigate whether loneliness predicts mortality among older adults (aged 65 or above) in Latin America, China and India.Methods: The study investigated population-based cross-sectional (2003...

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Main Authors: Qian Gao, A. Matthew Prina, Martin Prince, Daisy Acosta, Ana Luisa Sosa, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, Ivonne Z. Jimenez-Velazquez, Juan J. Llibre Rodriguez, Aquiles Salas, Joseph D. Williams, Zhaorui Liu, Isaac Acosta Castillo, Rosie Mayston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:International Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
loneliness
mortality
older adults
low- and middle-income countries
social ageing
Online Access:https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2021.604449/full

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https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2021.604449/full

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