Single-item versus scale: Comparing respondent demographic, social, and health characteristics by measure of loneliness using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data
The direct single-item question and the indirect multi-item scale provided comparable overall classifications of loneliness in our CLSA sample. However, respondent characteristics varied across the more granular response categories, highlighting the importance of measure selection depending on study aims.
Authors
- Lauren E. Griffith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-9692)
- Andrea Gruneir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1972-6253)
- Rachel Savage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2746-373X)
- Jesse Batara
- Wenting Yan
- Stephanie A. Chamberlain
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Impact (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341572
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 58.49