Table 1.

Prevalence of Loneliness.

Variables	Frequency (%)/Mean (SD)
Lack of companionship	64.8
Being left out in life	45.2
Being isolated from others	52.8
Loneliness
Present*	66.4
Absent	33.6
Overall score	30.7 (15.7)

*Participants with responses for any of the three items in the form of “sometimes/often” were considered to have loneliness.