The association between loneliness and frailty among community-dwelling older adults in five European countries: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Loneliness is described as the subjective experience of unfulfilled personal and social needs, with emotional and social domains. Frailty is a state of vulnerability to stressors, which is often characterised by impairment in the physical, psychological and/or social domain.

Objective

This study aims to examine the bidirectional association between loneliness and frailty across the different domains.

Methods

The study included 1735 older adults from the Urban Health Centres Europe project. Loneliness was assessed using the six-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale. Frailty was assessed by the Tilburg Frailty Indicator. Multivariate linear regression and cross-lagged panel models were used to explore the associations between the social and emotional lonelin

SUBMITTER: Ye L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465174 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature