Loneliness and pain among community-dwelling middle-aged and older Black, Latino, and White adults in the United States
Loneliness is an important correlate of pain presence and intensity and may have a stronger effect on pain intensity among Latino adults aged 50 or older. We discuss clinical and research implications of these findings, including the need for more fine-grained analyses of different types of loneliness (e.g., social, emotional, existential) and their impact on these and other pain-related outcomes (e.g., interference). Our findings suggest a need for interventions to prevent and manage pain by targeting loneliness among middle-aged and older adults, particularly Latino persons.
Authors
- Denise Burnette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-7317)
- M. Carrington Reid
- Ellen P. Lukens
- Elaine Wethington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5036-318X)
- Jerad Moxley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-9963)
- María Aranda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-4993)
- David Camacho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-7450)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Institute on Aging (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1429739
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.70
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging