Loneliness, lack of emotional support, lack of companionship, and the likelihood of having a heart condition in an elderly sample
Loneliness, lack of emotional support, lack of companionship, and the likelihood of having a heart condition in an elderly sample
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DOI：
10.1207/s15324796abm2404_05
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发表时间：
2002-09-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Lu, JL
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作者：
Sorkin, D;Rook, KS;Lu, JL
社会孤立与各种不良健康后果有关，包括心血管疾病。研究人员将这种联系归因于伴随社会孤立的孤独感，但他们很少直接评估孤独感。在一个180名老年人的样本中，孤独感和孤独感的两种社会缺陷有限的情感支持和有限的陪伴与冠心病的可能性有关。潜在的生理，行为和情感介质进行了检查。研究发现，更大的孤独感与患冠状动脉疾病的可能性增加有关，情感支持和陪伴水平低也是如此。然而，在这个样本中，这些联系的中介没有被确定。这些结果强调了在调查孤独与晚年心血管健康之间的关系时，检查孤独背后的特定社会缺陷的价值。
Social isolation has been linked to a variety of adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease. Researchers have attributed this association to the feelings of loneliness that accompany social isolation, but they have rarely assessed loneliness directly. In a sample of 180 older adults,feelings of loneliness and two kinds of social deficits that underlie loneliness-limited emotional support and limited companionship-were examined in relation to the likelihood of having a coronary condition. Potential physiological, behavioral, and affective mediators were examined as well. Greater loneliness was found to be associated with an increased probability of having a coronary condition, as were low levels of both emotional support and companionship. Mediators of these links were not identified, however in this sample. These results underscore the value of examining the specific social deficits that underlie loneliness in investigations of the relation between loneliness and cardiovascular health in later life.