Frailty Combined with Loneliness or Social Isolation: An Elevated Risk for Mortality in Later Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Frailty, loneliness, and social isolation are all associated with adverse outcomes in older adults, but little is known about their combined impact on mortality.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam.

Participants

Community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and older (n = 1,427).

Measurements

Frailty was measured with the frailty phenotype (Fried criteria). Loneliness was assessed with the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale. Social isolation was operationalized using information on partner status, social support, and network size. Two categorical variables were created, for each possible combination regarding frailty and loneliness (FL) and frailty and social isolation (FS), respectively. Mortali

SUBMITTER: Hoogendijk EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689758 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature