Differential Effects of Loneliness and Depression on Mortality

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Feb;22(2):476-478.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.11.018. Epub 2020 Dec 15.

Authors

Ted Kheng Siang Ng¹, Abhijit Visaria¹, Stefan Ma², Angelique Wei-Ming Chan³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Ageing Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
² Ministry of Health Singapore, Singapore; NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Singapore.
³ Center for Ageing Research and Education, Program in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

PMID: 33338446
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.11.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Depression*
Humans
Loneliness*
Risk Factors
Social Support