Associations of objective versus subjective social isolation with sleep disturbance, depression, and fatigue in community-dwelling older adults.

CONCLUSIONS: Older adults with objective social isolation may experience sleep disturbance, depression, and fatigue because they feel socially isolated, not just because they are deprived of social networks. Interventions that target social isolation might serve as potential treatments for improving behavioral health of older adults, especially by targeting its subjective component. PMID: 30284454 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30284454?dopt=Abstract

Source: Aging and Mental Health - October 4, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Cho JH, Olmstead R, Choi H, Carrillo C, Seeman TE, Irwin MR Tags: Aging Ment Health Source Type: research