Social isolation, health literacy, and mortality risk: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
Samuel G SmithSarah E JacksonLindsay C KobayashiAndrew SteptoePublished in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2017)
Low health literacy and high social isolation are risk factors for mortality. Social isolation does not modify the relationship between health literacy and mortality. Clinicians should be aware of the health risks faced by socially isolated adults and those with low health literacy. (PsycINFO Database Record