Social Isolation and Loneliness

Mehranfar S, Ceolin G, Madani Civi R, Keller H, Murphy RA, Cohen TR, Conklin AI. Adverse changes in close social ties reduce fruit and vegetable intake in aging adults: a prospective gender-sensitive study of the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA). Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Aug 13;22(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01807-7. PMID: 40804679; PMCID: PMC12345031.

Endresz N, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, Oremus M. The Association Between Social Isolation, Functional Social Support, and Memory: A Mediation Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Aug 1:7334648251363655. doi: 10.1177/07334648251363655. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40747843.

Oremus M, Tyas SL, Newall NEG, Maxwell CJ, O’Connell ME, Zeng L. The association of pre-COVID-19 social isolation and functional social support with loneliness during COVID-19: a longitudinal analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Aging Ment Health. 2025 Mar 2:1-10. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2472888. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40025804.

Ceolin G, Veenstra G, Mehranfar S, Madani Civi R, Khan NA, Conklin AI. Trends, transitions and patterning in social activity over time among aging women and men: A secondary analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 Aug 31;128:105618. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2024.105618. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39255655.

Kang JW, Oremus M, Dubin J, Tyas SL, Oga-Omenka C, Golberg M. Exploring the differential impacts of social isolation, loneliness, and their combination on the memory of an aging population: A 6-year longitudinal study of the CLSA. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 May 7;125:105483. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2024.105483. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38788370.

Levasseur M, Naud D, Menec V, Dubois MF, Wolfson C, Griffith LE, Trottier L, McMillan J, Généreux M, Roy M, Couturier Y, Raina P. Effect of Age-Friendly Communities Action Plan on Trajectories of Older Canadians’ Depressive Symptoms Between 2018 and 2020: Multilevel Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Inquiry. 2024 Jan-Dec;61:469580231225918. doi: 10.1177/00469580231225918. PMID: 38361415; PMCID: PMC10874163.

Hopper S, Wister AV, Cosco TD, Best JR. Social isolation, physical activity, and subsequent changes in cognition among middle- and older-aged adults: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Psychosom Med. 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001271. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38193775.

Villeneuve PJ, Gill GK, Cottagiri SA, Dales R, Rainham D, Ross NA, Dogan H, Griffith LE, Raina P, Crouse DL. Does urban greenness reduce loneliness and social isolation among Canadians? A cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 29. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00841-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38158519.

Goodarzi S, Jiang J, Head M, Lu X. Exploring the impact of online social participation on loneliness in older adults: Evidence from The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Int. J. Inf. Manag. 2023 Dec (73):102685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102685

Grady A, Stinchcombe A. The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of older sexual minority Canadians in the CLSA. BMC Geriatr. 2023 Dec 7;23(1):816. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04513-w. PMID: 38062412.

Iacono A, Oremus M, Maxwell CJ, Tyas SL. Functional social isolation mediates the association between depression and executive function in older women: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive cohort. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2023 Jun 23:1-21. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2023.2226855. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37350151.

Kirkland SA, Griffith LE, Oz UE, Thompson M, Wister A, Kadowaki L, Basta NE, McMillan J, Wolfson C, Raina P; Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Team. Increased prevalence of loneliness and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). BMC Public Health. 2023 May 12;23(1):872. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15807-4. PMID: 37170234.