Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis.
Loneliness has social and health implications. The aim of this article is to evaluate the association of loneliness with all-cause mortality.Pubmed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Scopus databases were searched through June 2016 for published articles that measured loneliness and mortality. The main character...
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| author | Laura Alejandra Rico-Uribe Francisco Félix Caballero Natalia Martín-María María Cabello José Luis Ayuso-Mateos Marta Miret |
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| description | Loneliness has social and health implications. The aim of this article is to evaluate the association of loneliness with all-cause mortality.Pubmed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Scopus databases were searched through June 2016 for published articles that measured loneliness and mortality. The main characteristics and the effect size values of each article were extracted. Moreover, an evaluation of the quality of the articles included was also carried out. A meta-analysis was performed firstly with all the included articles and secondly separating by gender, using a random effects model.A total of 35 articles involving 77220 participants were included in the systematic review. Loneliness is a risk factor for all-cause mortality [pooled HR = 1.22, 95% CI = (1.10, 1.35), p < 0.001] for both genders together, and for women [pooled HR = 1.26, 95% CI = (1.07, 1.48); p = 0.005] and men [pooled HR = 1.44; 95% CI = (1.19, 1.76); p < 0.001] separately.Loneliness shows a harmful effect for all-cause mortality and this effect is slightly stronger in men than in women. Moreover, the impact of loneliness was independent from the quality evaluation of each article and the effect of depression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e10e04658b5497cad4397593ab79d462022-12-21T17:58:03ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01131e019003310.1371/journal.pone.0190033Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis.Laura Alejandra Rico-UribeFrancisco Félix CaballeroNatalia Martín-MaríaMaría CabelloJosé Luis Ayuso-MateosMarta MiretLoneliness has social and health implications. The aim of this article is to evaluate the association of loneliness with all-cause mortality.Pubmed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Scopus databases were searched through June 2016 for published articles that measured loneliness and mortality. The main characteristics and the effect size values of each article were extracted. Moreover, an evaluation of the quality of the articles included was also carried out. A meta-analysis was performed firstly with all the included articles and secondly separating by gender, using a random effects model.A total of 35 articles involving 77220 participants were included in the systematic review. Loneliness is a risk factor for all-cause mortality [pooled HR = 1.22, 95% CI = (1.10, 1.35), p < 0.001] for both genders together, and for women [pooled HR = 1.26, 95% CI = (1.07, 1.48); p = 0.005] and men [pooled HR = 1.44; 95% CI = (1.19, 1.76); p < 0.001] separately.Loneliness shows a harmful effect for all-cause mortality and this effect is slightly stronger in men than in women. Moreover, the impact of loneliness was independent from the quality evaluation of each article and the effect of depression.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5754055?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Laura Alejandra Rico-Uribe Francisco Félix Caballero Natalia Martín-María María Cabello José Luis Ayuso-Mateos Marta Miret Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. PLoS ONE |
| title | Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. |
| title_full | Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. |
| title_fullStr | Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. |
| title_short | Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. |
| title_sort | association of loneliness with all cause mortality a meta analysis |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5754055?pdf=render |
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