Loneliness, social isolation in older adults and their association with incident dementia in men and women: 3 years of follow‐up on population‐based study
Brenda Sarai Miranda Sánchez, Isaac Acosta‐Castillo, Ana Luisa Sosa · 2025
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Brenda Miranda Sanchez and co-authors follow older adults in Mexico to test whether loneliness foreshadows dementia. Feeling alone and being cut off from others are not the same thing. Both have been tied to brain health, with hints the tie differs by sex. The study drew on a population sample tracked for three years.
About a third of the group felt lonely, and more were socially cut off. Women reported more loneliness and carried more health burdens. In risk models that count death and disability as rival ends, loneliness raised dementia risk by a clear margin. The link held for loneliness with or without distress. The authors urge social care as part of dementia defense.
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| CREATOR | Brenda Sarai Miranda Sánchez, Isaac Acosta‐Castillo, Ana Luisa Sosa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |