Measuring Social Isolation in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Social isolation in community-dwelling older adults can have life-altering outcomes that may profoundly influence individual health. Expanding knowledge regarding how social isolation affects older adult health is important because socially isolated older adults are at increased risk for multiple morbidities and mortality (Berkman& Syme, 1979; Saito, Kondo, Kondo, Ojima,& Hirai, 2012). However, research on this geriatric condition has been limited by a lack of conceptual clarity, resulting in numerous approaches to its measurement, difficulty in making comparisons across studies,

Source: Research in gerontological nursing - November 22, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Janet S. Pohl, PhD, RN Source Type: research