All-cause mortality and three aspects of social relationships: an eight-year follow-up of older adults from one entire Korean village.

ABSTRACT: Various aspects of social relationships have been examined as risk factors for mortality. In particular, most research has focused on either loneliness or social disengagement. We aimed to extend the current research by adding a group-level segregation measure utilizing the whole social network of one entire village in South Korea. The analyses were based on the Korean Social Life, Health and Aging Project data collected over eight years across five waves. Of the 679 old adults who participated throughout the entire project (to wave 5), 63 were confirmed as deceased. All three aspects of social relationships examined, loneliness, social disengagement, and group-level segregation, were associated with mortality in the traditional Cox proportional hazard model without considering health-rela

SUBMITTER: Youm Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7801415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature