Loneliness trajectories and predictors in Spain: Results from the Spanish longitudinal study on aging and health (Edad con Salud)
Por:
Dolz-Del-Castellar B, de la Torre-Luque A, Castelletti C, Francia L, Rodriguez-Prada C, Maria Miret, Domènech J, Gabarrell A, Olaya B, Haro JM, Ayuso-Mateos JL and Lara E
Publicada:
1 jun 2025
Ahead of Print:
1 feb 2025
Resumen:
Background: In recent years, loneliness has been recognized as a public health problem, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to identify groups of people with different trajectories of loneliness, and to explore potential determinants (sociodemographic, social, psychological, and health-related) associated with these trajectories. Methods: In this 12-year longitudinal study, we analyzed data on 4537 Spanish adults from a nationwide representative survey. A growth mixture modeling approach was used to identify different loneliness trajectories and logistic regressions to explore the determinants of these trajectories. Results: Two trajectory classes were identified: low-stable (87.86 %) and high-fluctuating (12.14 %). Marital status, living status, migration, social isolation, depression, suicidal ideation, and cognitive complaints were identified as significant determinants of belonging to the high-fluctuating trajectory. Conversely, social support, social trust, and life satisfaction were protective factors for this trajectory. Conclusion: This study revealed the presence of diverse courses of loneliness (each showing some distinctive characteristics from the other), outlining some relevant implications for the assessment, prevention, and management of loneliness.
Filiaciones:
Dolz-Del-Castellar B:
Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Madrid, Spain
de la Torre-Luque A:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Department of Legal Medicine, Psychiatry and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Castelletti C:
Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Madrid, Spain
Francia L:
Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Madrid, Spain
Rodriguez-Prada C:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Madrid, Spain
Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, School of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Maria Miret:
Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Domènech J:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Gabarrell A:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Olaya B:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Haro JM:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Ayuso-Mateos JL:
Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Madrid, Spain
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental. CIBERSAM, Spain
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Madrid, Spain
Department of Personality, Evaluation and Clinical Psychology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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