Social Isolation and Loneliness among Near-Centenarians and Centenarians: Results from the Fordham Centenarian Study.

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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Titre
Social Isolation and Loneliness among Near-Centenarians and Centenarians: Results from the Fordham Centenarian Study.
Périodique
International journal of environmental research and public health
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Zaccaria D., Cavalli S., Masotti B., Gomes Da Rocha C., von Gunten A., Jopp D.S.
ISSN
1660-4601 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1660-4601
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
13/05/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
19
Numéro
10
Pages
5940
Langue
anglais
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Résumé
Social isolation and loneliness have been recognized as problems older people face due to their adverse effects on health and mortality, but very few researchers have analyzed their co-occurrence, which might be particularly prevalent and critical among the very old. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of combinations of social isolation and loneliness among near-centenarians and centenarians. We used data collected from 94 individuals aged 95-107 from the Fordham Centenarian Study. We built a four-group typology and explored associations with individual characteristics in various domains (demographic, socioeconomics, social, health, care, and psychological) with multinomial logistic regression models. Considering their combinations, the most prevalent groups were "isolated and lonely" and "neither isolated nor lonely" (29.8% and 28.7%, respectively). The "lonely but not isolated" (20.2%) and "isolated but not lonely" (21.3%) groups were also notably large. The likelihood of belonging to each group varied according to various individual characteristics, such as education, health, and personality. Social isolation and loneliness are distinct phenomena among centenarians. The consideration of their varied combination can help better assess life conditions at very old ages. Taking into account the differences between groups can facilitate the design of tailored interventions to improve the lives of near-centenarians and centenarians.
Mots-clé
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Centenarians, Humans, Loneliness/psychology, Personality, Social Isolation/psychology, Socioeconomic Factors, Fordham Centenarian Study, centenarians, loneliness, near-centenarians, social isolation, typology
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Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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17/06/2022 13:48
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24/06/2022 7:13
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