Characterizing Loneliness and Health in US Adults: An analysis of 2024 National Health Interview Survey
Dildine, T. C.; Burke, C.; Kapos, F. P.
Show abstract
BackgroundLoneliness is common and deleterious to health. Yet little is known about its population burden and health correlates in the US. We aimed to determine the prevalence of loneliness and characterize its health and social functioning correlates among US adults. MethodsWith data from the National Health Interview Study (2024), we used survey-weighted Poisson regression to estimate relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for frequent loneliness by levels of self-reported general health, social/emotional support, social functioning, and healthcare utilization, adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, number of people in household, marital status, and psychological distress. Results12 million US adults reported usually or always feeling lonely, which was associated with worse general health and social/emotional support, work and social participation limitations, and healthcare disengagement. ConclusionsLoneliness affects millions of US adults, with substantial health and social functioning burden.
Matching journals
The top 11 journals account for 50% of the predicted probability mass.
Similar papers in this journal
- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on psychosocial factors, health, and lifestyle in Scottish octogenarians: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study 94%
- Loneliness among people with severe mental ill health during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a linked UK population cohort study 93%
- Loneliness and Cognitive Decline Among U.S. Adults: A Stratified Analysis of the BRFSS 93%
Similar papers in this journal
- A potential impact of physical distancing on physical and mental health. A rapid narrative umbrella review of meta-analyses on the link between social isolation and health 93%
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the Global South: evidence from a four-country cohort study 91%
- The association between work situation and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: prospective cohort study in Norway 91%
Similar papers in this journal
- Depression and loneliness during COVID-19 restrictions in the United States, and their associations with frequency of social and sexual connections 93%
- Loneliness and the onset of new mental health problems in the general population: a systematic review 92%
- Adult life-course trajectories of psychological distress and economic outcomes in midlife during the COVID-19 pandemic 92%
Similar papers in this journal
- The Impact of the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order on Healthcare Utilization in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota 92%
- Association between social media use and self-reported symptoms of depression in US adults 92%
- Estimating the Burden of Influenza on Daily Activity at Population Scale Using Commercial Wearable Sensors 91%
Similar papers in this journal
- Financial Hardship and Social Assistance as Determinants of Mental Health and Food and Housing Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic 92%
- Racial Differences in Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Physical, Mental, and Behavioral Health 92%
- The gender gap in adolescent mental health: a cross-national investigation of 566,827 adolescents across 73 countries 91%
"Similar papers" are the closest papers from that journal in the model's embedding space. They show what the match is built on, but the ranking comes mostly from a classifier over the whole training set, not from these examples alone.