Table 5.

Descriptive statistics and comparison of the results for the total UCLA LS scores, and the relationship between loneliness scores and the patients’ responses

	I would be very happy		I would be moderately happy		I do not feel anything		I would feel uncomfortable
	Mean ± SD	F/p	Mean ± SD	F/p	Mean ± SD	F/p	Mean ± SD	F/p	F/p
Age (years)
18–39	36.55 ± 7.24	0.571 0.567	46.40 ± 11.81	8.868 0.01*	45.86 ± 10.54	1.880 0.165	55.27 ± 16.53	3.324 0.041*	6.707 0.001*
40–59	39.66 ± 11.99		35.74 ± 9.26		38.74 ± 14.39		45.68 ± 15.22		4.323 0.006*
≥ 60	37.97 ± 12.09		44.12 ± 12.66		48.00 ± 18.08		41.57 ± 14.41		2.108 0.104
Sex
Women	38.69 ± 12.33	0.068 0.795	43.56 ± 12.71	6.886 0.01*	46.15 ± 15.82	7.750 0.008*	44.31 ± 13.57	0.409 0.525	2.631 0.05*
Men	38.11 ± 9.90		37.16 ± 9.55		33.43 ± 9.73		46.52 ± 17.25		6.141 0.001*
Marital status
Married	38.23 ± 11.24	0.477 0.491	39.70 ± 11.72	6.801 0.011*	39.72 ± 12.87	9.374 0.004*	44.69 ± 14.84	1.408 0.239	3.831 0.01*
Not married	41.50 ± 11.61		49.00 ± 10.00		57.43 ± 20.44		50.90 ± 19.83		1.110 0.360

F, one-way analysis of variance; *p < 0.05.

The final column of F/p values shows comparison of the ratios in each row.

UCLA LS, University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale; SD, standard deviation.