Table 4.

UCLA loneliness scale responses (n = 245) from family medicine residency programme directors in the United States

Category	Item level response, N	Item-level percentage
Lack of companionship a
Never	82	33.5
Hardly ever	79	32.2
Some of the time	59	24.1
Often	25	10.2
Feel left out 2
Never	93	38.0
Hardly ever	99	40.4
Some of the time	44	18.0
Often	9	3.7
Feel isolated 3
Never	95	38.8
Hardly ever	71	29.0
Some of the time	58	23.7
Often	21	8.6

^aHow often do you feel you lack companionship?

^bHow often do you feel left out?

^cHow often do you feel isolated from others?