Loneliness Among Older Adults in Latin America, China, and India: Prevalence, Correlates and Association With Mortality

• Main Authors: Qian Gao (Author), A. Matthew Prina (Author), Martin Prince (Author), Daisy Acosta (Author), Ana Luisa Sosa (Author), Mariella Guerra (Author), Yueqin Huang (Author), Ivonne Z. Jimenez-Velazquez (Author), Juan J. Llibre Rodriguez (Author), Aquiles Salas (Author), Joseph D. Williams (Author), Zhaorui Liu (Author), Isaac Acosta Castillo (Author), Rosie Mayston (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: This study was designed to explore prevalence and correlates of self-reported loneliness and to investigate whether loneliness predicts mortality among older adults (aged 65 or above) in Latin America, China and India.Methods: The study investigated population-based cross-sectional (2003...