Table 5.
Prevalence of Loneliness by Health Status.
| Very good (n = 137) | Good (n = 1,093) | Fair (n = 1,314) | Poor (n = 585) | |||||
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| Overall Health Status | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Any loneliness | 23 | 16.8 | 216 | 19.8 | 325 | 24.7 | 256 | 43.8 |
| Lack of companionship | 16 | 11.7 | 173 | 15.8 | 251 | 19.1 | 203 | 34.7 |
| Left out of life | 12 | 8.8 | 139 | 12.7 | 236 | 18.0 | 198 | 33.8 |
| Isolated from others | 4 | 2.9 | 36 | 3.3 | 82 | 6.2 | 71 | 12.1 |
| Very good (n = 214) | Good (n = 1,379) | Fair (n = 1,439) | Poor (n = 96) | |||||
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| Quality of life | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Any loneliness | 40 | 18.7 | 318 | 23.1 | 418 | 29.0 | 44 | 45.8 |
| Lack of companionship | 31 | 14.5 | 252 | 18.3 | 324 | 22.5 | 36 | 37.5 |
| Left out of life | 18 | 8.4 | 209 | 15.2 | 326 | 22.7 | 32 | 33.3 |
| Isolated from others | 6 | 2.8 | 68 | 4.9 | 101 | 7.0 | 18 | 18.75 |
| Improved (n = 274) | Same (n = 1,529) | Worsened (n = 1,325) | ||||
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| Health change over the last year | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Any loneliness | 65 | 23.7 | 315 | 20.6 | 439 | 33.1 |
| Lack of companionship | 48 | 17.5 | 244 | 16.0 | 350 | 26.4 |
| Left out of life | 41 | 15.0 | 206 | 13.7 | 338 | 25.5 |
| Isolated from others | 10 | 3.6 | 64 | 4.2 | 119 | 9.0 |
Note. Percentage represents the prevalence of loneliness within each of the subgroup.