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SUBMITTER: Cho JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447478 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Joshua Hyong-Jin JH Olmstead Richard R Choi Hanbyul H Carrillo Carmen C Seeman Teresa E TE Irwin Michael R MR
Aging & mental health 20181004 9
<b>Objective</b>: Older adults are at higher risk of experiencing social isolation, which has been linked to impaired physical and mental health. The link between social isolation and health might be due to objective deprivation of social network and/or subjective experience of loneliness. This community-based cross-sectional study examined whether the associations between social isolation and behavioral symptoms including sleep disturbance, depression, and fatigue are mostly explained by its su ...[more]