Development and Evaluation of a Brief Social Isolation Measure in the Nationally‐Representative Health and Retirement Study
A Brief Social Isolation Measure Aligns Well With Longer, Previously-Established Measures While Addressing Key Limitations in Data Availability and Sample Representativeness. Researchers Should Consider the Appropriate Cutoff Depending on the Research Context, and the Relative Importance of Sensitivity, Specificity, and Sample Size.
Authors
- Ashwin Kotwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6137-8512)
- Irena Cenzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-1070)
- Yulin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-1198)
- Jacqueline M. Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1579-6107)
- Mary C. Thoma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6856-9282)
- Karla Renata Flores Romero
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70056
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- National Institutes of Health