biostudies-literatureUnknown19(7)Gordon NPKaiser Permanente Division of Research<h4>Background</h4>The 2014 IOM report "Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records" described three subdomains of social relationships that affect patient health and well-being. However, most social risk screeners currently assess only one subdomain, frequency of social connections. We are proposing a three-item Brief Social Connectedness (SC) screener that additionally assesses risks in social/emotional support and loneliness/social isolation subdomains.<h4>Methods</h4>For this cross-sectional study, we used data from a 2021 Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) social risk survey for 2244 members ages 35-85 years. The survey included three validated questions that covered the SC subdomains (frequencies of social contacts with people they carePloS onee0307107https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11259274biostudies-literatureA brief but comprehensive three-item social connectedness screener for use in social risk assessment tools.PMC11259274Stiefel MCGordon NPfalseA brief but comprehensive three-item social connectedness screener for use in social risk assessment tools.<h4>Background</h4>The 2014 IOM report "Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records" described three subdomains of social relationships that affect patient health and well-being. However, most social risk screeners currently assess only one subdomain, frequency of social connections. We are proposing a three-item Brief Social Connectedness (SC) screener that additionally assesses risks in social/emotional support and loneliness/social isolation subdomains.<h4>Methods</h4>For this cross-sectional study, we used data from a 2021 Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) social risk survey for 2244 members ages 35-85 years. The survey included three validated questions that covered the SC subdomains (frequencies of social contacts with people they care2024-01-01T00:00:00Z20242025-04-26T22:22:59.985Z2025-04-06T17:10:35.097ZS-EPMC112592743902870110.1371/journal.pone.0307107