Associations of loneliness and social isolation with actigraph and self-reported sleep quality in a national sample of older adults.

ABSTRACT: To examine associations of social isolation and loneliness with sleep in older adults and whether associations differ for survey and actigraph sleep measures. This study used data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), a nationally representative study of community-dwelling older adults born 1920-1947. A random one-third of participants in 2010-2011 were invited to participate in a sleep study (N = 759) that included survey questions, 72 hours of wrist actigraphy, and a sleep log. Perceived loneliness was measured using three questions from the UCLA Loneliness Scale. An index of social isolation was constructed from nine items that queried social network characteristics and social interactions. We used ordinary least squares and ordinal logistic regression to exa

SUBMITTER: Benson JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7819845 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature