Analysing comfort with primary care discussions and openness to social prescribing as mediators of the associations between loneliness and wellbeing among Canadians aged 55 and older
While SP may be acceptable to those who need it, some may experience greater difficulties accessing SP through primary care providers without interventions tailored to their loneliness status that could elicit buy-in and enrolment. Primary care providers may wish to pay closer attention to people with emotional loneliness. Other considerations, such as trust and motivational interviewing for positive self-beliefs may explain potential changes from loneliness to wellbeing.
Authors
- Paul C. Hébert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0440-8586)
- Kate Mulligan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7249-2823)
- Kiffer George Card (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-1249)
- Vivian Welch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-7097)
- Daniel R Y Gan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7920-9231)
- Michelle Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2002-0298)
- Grace Park
- Sandra Allison
- Adam S. Hoverman
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Fraser Health (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Washington (US)
- Government of British Columbia (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in Diabetes (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- Bruyère (CA)
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CA)
- Canadian Red Cross Society (CA)
- Seattle University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-03067-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.15
Funders
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Public Health Agency