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- Title
Understanding the Effect of Loneliness on Quality of Life in Older Adults from Longitudinal Approaches.
- Authors
Torres, Zaira; Oliver, Amparo; Tomás, José M.
- Abstract
Aim: To study the longitudinal relationship between loneliness and quality of life (QoL) in adults to identify key mechanisms to better design future psychosocial interventions. Method: 13,222 participants from three consecutive waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), aged 65 or older, 56.3% women. They were analyzed using cross-lagged panel model (CLPM), random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM), and multi-group models disaggregated by gender. Results: The RI-CLPM provided a better fit than the CLPM. Both models showed the stability of QoL and loneliness. All autoregressive paths were significant, and a negative association between concurrent QoL and loneliness was observed across all waves. The CLPM supported a reciprocal relationship, while the RI-CLPM only confirmed the effects of loneliness on QoL. Women reported higher levels of loneliness and poorer QoL, but no gender differences were identified in the longitudinal association. Conclusions: Addressing loneliness in early stages could be a better preventive measure to promote quality of life in both genders.
- Subjects
OLDER people; QUALITY of life; LONELINESS; HEALTH surveys; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Psychosocial Intervention, 2024, Vol 33, Issue 3, p171
- ISSN
1132-0559
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5093/pi2024a11