Social Isolation Is Worse Than Loneliness by Noam Shpancer Ph.D. SOURCE: Pscychology Today

Berkeley researcher Bin Yu and colleagues (2020) followed 1267 Taiwanese patients 65 years or older with confirmed CVD for up to 10 years. Analyzing the association between social isolation and loneliness at baseline and mortality at follow-up while adjusting for demographic variables, health-related behaviors, and health status. “Social isolation was associated with increased risk of mortality after accounting for established risk factors … whereas loneliness was not associated with increased risk of mortality.”