Social isolation and loneliness: Prospective associations with functional status in older adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 179-187

  Shankar, Aparna ^a,b   McMunn, Anne ^b   Demakakos, Panayotes ^b   Hamer, Mark ^b,c   Steptoe, Andrew ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Gait speed; Loneliness; Older adults; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MODEL; PSYCINFO; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VELOCITY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84994289063     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000437     Document Type: Article

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