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Health and Wellbeing Research Macroeconomics

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Loneliness in Older Persons

Carla Perissinotto, Irena Cenzer, Kenneth E. Covinsky
Archives of Internal Medicine Summary & key facts 2012 1,225 citations

This study followed 1,604 U.S. adults older than 60 for six years. It found that people who said they felt lonely (43% of the group) were more likely to have worse day-to-day function and were more likely to die. After the researchers adjusted for age, wealth, living situation, depression, and…

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