Associations of objective versus subjective social isolation with sleep disturbance, depression, and fatigue in community-dwelling older adults.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Older adults are at higher risk of experiencing social isolation, which has been linked to impaired physical and mental health. The link between social isolation and health might be due to objective deprivation of social network and/or subjective experience of loneliness. This community-based cross-sectional study examined whether the associations between social isolation and behavioral symptoms including sleep disturbance, depression, and fatigue are mostly explained by its subjective component. Methods: Randomly selected 2541 community-dwelling individuals in Los Angeles aged ≥60 years were telephone-interviewed regarding their objective and subjective social isolation (respectively social network size and loneliness), sleep disturbance, depression, and fatigue.

SUBMITTER: Cho JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447478 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature