TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential impact of transient and chronic loneliness on health status. A longitudinal study
AU - Martín-María, Natalia
AU - Caballero, Francisco Félix
AU - Miret, Marta
AU - Tyrovolas, Stefanos
AU - Haro, Josep Maria
AU - Ayuso-Mateos, José Luis
AU - Chatterji, Somnath
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation [635316 (ATHLOS Project)], by the European Community?s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under agreement number 223071 (COURAGE in Europe), by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation ACI-Promociona (ACI2009-1010), and by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III-FIS research grants [PS09/00295, PS09/01845, PI12/01490, PI13/00059, PI16/00218 and PI16/01073]. Projects PI12/01490, PI13/00059, PI16/00218 and PI16/01073 have been co-funded by the European Union European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) ?A Way to Build Europe?. The work was also supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III Centro de Investigaci?n Biom?dica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM). ST is supported by the Foundation for Education and European Culture (IPEP), the Sara Borrell postdoctoral programme (reference no. CD15/00019 from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII?Spain) and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER). NMM is supported by the programme ?Contratos predoctorales para Formaci?n de Personal Investigador, FPI-UAM?, Universidad Aut?noma de Madrid, Spain.
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PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Objective: Loneliness is associated with worse health status outcomes. Yet, the present study is one of the first to identify how patterns of loneliness (transient and chronic) are associated with health over time. Design: A total of 2,390 individuals were interviewed in 2011–2012 and 2014–2015 in a follow-up study conducted over a nationally representative sample of Spain. After confirming a longitudinal relationship between loneliness and health status, a growth curve mixture modeling was used to examine health trajectories. Main outcome measures: The three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale was used to assess loneliness. Health status was measured with self-reported questions regarding ten domains (vision, mobility, and self-care, among others), and seven measured tests (including grip strength, walking speed and immediate and delayed verbal recall). Results: A quarter of participants were lonely at baseline. Both the group of transient and chronic loneliness showed a negative significant relationship with health status at follow-up, (β = −0.063 and β = −0.075 respectively, p < 0.001). Nevertheless, the health status did not change across time in any group. Conclusion: People experiencing chronic loneliness had the worst health status. Different patterns of loneliness could benefit from the appropriate interventions.
AB - Objective: Loneliness is associated with worse health status outcomes. Yet, the present study is one of the first to identify how patterns of loneliness (transient and chronic) are associated with health over time. Design: A total of 2,390 individuals were interviewed in 2011–2012 and 2014–2015 in a follow-up study conducted over a nationally representative sample of Spain. After confirming a longitudinal relationship between loneliness and health status, a growth curve mixture modeling was used to examine health trajectories. Main outcome measures: The three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale was used to assess loneliness. Health status was measured with self-reported questions regarding ten domains (vision, mobility, and self-care, among others), and seven measured tests (including grip strength, walking speed and immediate and delayed verbal recall). Results: A quarter of participants were lonely at baseline. Both the group of transient and chronic loneliness showed a negative significant relationship with health status at follow-up, (β = −0.063 and β = −0.075 respectively, p < 0.001). Nevertheless, the health status did not change across time in any group. Conclusion: People experiencing chronic loneliness had the worst health status. Different patterns of loneliness could benefit from the appropriate interventions.
KW - chronic loneliness
KW - health status
KW - longitudinal study
KW - Transient loneliness
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U2 - 10.1080/08870446.2019.1632312
DO - 10.1080/08870446.2019.1632312
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31237442
AN - SCOPUS:85068195532
SN - 0887-0446
VL - 35
SP - 177
EP - 195
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
IS - 2
ER -