Rationale Increasingly, loneliness is being recognised as a serious problem with detrimental
effects on health, as well as on social cohesion and community trust. To effectively tackle this …

Objectives Social isolation and loneliness have been associated with ill health and are
common in the developed world. A clear understanding of their implications for morbidity …

Abstract The BBC Loneliness Experiment provided a unique opportunity to examine
differences in the experience of lonelines across cultures, age, and gender, and the …

Objective The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a psychological burden on people worldwide,
including fear and anxiety. Older adults are considered more vulnerable during public health …

People feel lonely when their social needs are not met by the quantity and quality of their
social relationships. Most research has focused on individual-level predictors of loneliness …

Objectives: This study of loneliness across adult lifespan examined its associations with
sociodemographics, mental health (positive and negative psychological states and traits) …

Introduction Loneliness is a common, emotionally distressing experience and is associated
with adverse physical and mental health and an unhealthy lifestyle. Nevertheless, little is …

Objectives. We aimed to determine whether loneliness is associated with higher health care
utilization among older adults in the United States. Methods. We used panel data from the …

Loneliness is an experience resulting from a perceived discrepancy between expected and
actual social relationships. Although this discrepancy is widely considered the “core …

Epidemic control measures that aim to introduce social distancing help to decelerate the
spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, their consequences in terms of mental well …