Social isolation, social support and loneliness as predictors of cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor social health is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recent research suggests that different social health domains should be considered separately as the implications for health and possible interventions may differ.

Aim

To assess social isolation, low social support and loneliness as predictors of CVD.

Methods

Secondary analysis of 11,486 community-dwelling, Australians, aged 70 years and over, free of CVD, dementia, or significant physical disability, from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial. Social isolation, social support (Revised Lubben Social Network Scale), and loneliness were assessed as predictors of CVD using Cox proportional-hazard regression. CVD events included fatal CVD, heart failure

SUBMITTER: Freak-Poli R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8684069 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature