Loneliness Tied to Worse Physical, Mental Health Among Older Adults

About 53% of people aged 65 years or older experienced loneliness between April 2020 and September 2021, a recent study involving 603 primary care patients found. Older adults who reported loneliness tended to score lower on measures of physical– and mental health–related quality of life. However, after the researchers adjusted for depression and anxiety, the link between loneliness and mental health remained, which wasn’t the case between loneliness and physical health.