Social Isolation and Social Support Influence Health Service Utilisation and Survival after a Cardiovascular Disease Event: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and social health carry high health and economic burdens. We undertook a systematic review to investigate the association between social isolation, low social support, and loneliness with health service utilisation and survival after a CVD event among people living in Australia and New Zealand. Four electronic databases were systematically searched for the period before June 2020. Two reviewers undertook the title/abstract screen. One reviewer undertook a full-text screen and data extraction. A second author checked data extraction. Of 756 records, 25 papers met our inclusion criteria. Included studies recruited 10-12,821 participants, aged 18-98 years, and the majority were males. Greater social support was consistently associated with better outcomes on

SUBMITTER: Freak-Poli R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10049557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature