Patterns of Social Connection Among Older Adults in England.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Issues related to social connection are increasingly recognized as a global public health priority. However, there is a lack of a holistic understanding of social connection and its health impacts given that most empirical research focuses on a single or few individual concepts of social connection.

Objective

To explore patterns of social connection and their associations with health and well-being outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included participants aged 50 years and older from the fourth wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (2008-2009). Machine learning cluster analysis and regression analysis were used. The analyses were performed from January to July 2024.

Exposure

Social connection clusters informed by t

SUBMITTER: Bu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667348 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature