Loneliness partially mediates the relationship between hearing loss and all‐cause dementia: Preliminary findings from the COSMIC consortium
Social isolation, loneliness, and hearing loss were independently associated with dementia. Loneliness partially mediated the relationship between hearing loss and dementia. Further analysis is underway with additional studies from COSMIC, where longitudinal analysis with incident dementia will be conducted and the interactions between social isolation and loneliness will also be studied.
Authors
- Rory Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-2682)
- Martin P.J. van Boxtel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3221-2150)
- Darren M. Lipnicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1684-3577)
- Russell J. Chander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-5958)
- N. Scarmeas
- Prof Jacobijn Gussekloo
- Sebastian Köhler
- H Brodaty
- Ashleigh Simone Vella
- Kay Deckers
- Anbupalam Thalamuthu
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (AU)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70858_106323
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00