Prevalence of Loneliness and Its Association With General and Health-Related Measures of Subjective Well-Being in a Longitudinal Bicultural Cohort of Older Adults in Advanced Age Living in New Zealand: LiLACS NZ.

Roy Lay-YeeBarry J MilneValerie A Wright-St ClairJoanna BroadTim WilkinsonMartin ConnollyRuth O TehKaren HaymanMarama Muru-LanningNgaire Kerse

Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2022)

Our findings of adverse impacts on subjective well-being corroborate other evidence, highlighting loneliness as a prime candidate for intervention-appropriate to cultural context-to improve well-being for adults in advanced age.

Keyphrases

social support
randomized controlled trial
physical activity
risk factors
depressive symptoms
emergency department