Association of Social Isolation With Hospitalization and Nursing Home Entry Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Social isolation is associated with adverse health outcomes, yet its implications for hospitalization and nursing home entry are not well understood.

Objective

To evaluate whether higher levels of social isolation are associated with overnight hospitalization, skilled nursing facility stays, and nursing home placement among a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling older adults after adjusting for key health and social characteristics, including loneliness and depressive symptoms.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational cohort study included 7 waves of longitudinal panel data from the Health and Retirement Study, with community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or older interviewed between March 1, 2006, and June 30, 2018 (11 517 res

SUBMITTER: Pomeroy ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10366946 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature