Loneliness and its predictors among older adults prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional and longitudinal survey findings from participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study cohort in the USA

Kucharska-Newton, A., Matsushita, K., Mok, Y., Minotti, M., Oelsner, E. C., Ring, K., Wagenknecht, L., Hughes, T. M., Mosley, T., Palta, P., Lutsey, P. L., & Coresh, J. (2021). Loneliness and its predictors among older adults prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional and longitudinal survey findings from participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study cohort in the USA. BMJ Open, 11(12), e053542. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053542

Authors:

Anna Kucharska-Newton

Kunihiro Matsushita

Yejin Mok

Melissa Minotti

Elizabeth C Oelsner

Kim Ring

Lynne Wagenknecht

Timothy M Hughes

Thomas Mosley

Priya Palta

Pamela L Lutsey