Increased risk of mortality associated with social isolation in older men: Only when feeling lonely? Results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 843-853

  Holwerda, T J ^a,b   Beekman, A T F ^b,c   Deeg, D J H ^b   Stek, M L ^b,c   Van Tilburg, T G ^b,d   Visser, P J ^b   Schmand, B ^e   Jonker, C ^b   Schoevers, R A ^a,b,f  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INGEEST Institute of Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feelings of loneliness; loneliness; mortality; social isolation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84858754792     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711001772     Document Type: Review

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