Comparing Loneliness, Social Inactivity, and Social Isolation: Associations with Health-Related Quality of Life and Mortality among Home-Dwelling Older Adults
Loneliness is an independent determinant of poor HRQoL and PWB, and it should be considered separately from social inactivity and social isolation.
Authors
- Anu Jansson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-2054)
- Laura Rautiainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0709-3843)
- Kaisu Pitkälä (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9659-6985)
- Hannu Kautiainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0786-0858)
- Timo Strandberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6299-925X)
- Annika Kolster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6717-2419)
- Ulla L. Aalto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9918-5556)
- Mia Knuutila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-103X)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Department of Social Services (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gerontology
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000540345
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.22