Table 4.
Both surveys: UCLA 3-item Loneliness Scale means and SDs.
| Mean (SD) | Significance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loneliness Scale Questions | Community COVID | HEartS Engagement |
Two-Tailed Probability | Bonferroni Correction |
| How often do you feel that you lack companionship? | 1.79 (0.72) | 1.66 (0.70) | 0.01 ** | 0.04 * |
| How often do you feel isolated from others? | 1.84 (0.64) | 1.70 (0.72) | 0.02 * | 0.08 |
| How often do you feel left out? | 1.63 (0.72) | 1.65 (0.69) | 0.95 | 3.80 |
| Total loneliness (out of 9) | 5.27 (1.80) | 5.01 (1.88) | 0.90 | 3.60 |
** p < 0.01 = highly significant; * p < 0.05 = significant.