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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.thebodypro.com/article/study-uncovers-high-rates-of-loneliness-among-olde\nManaging Long-Term HIV Survivors\nOlder Adults (Ages 50+)\nStudy Uncovers High Rates of Loneliness Among Older HIV-Positive People\nSean R. Hosein\nSan Francisco researchers studied quality of life for people with HIV over 50\n58% of study participants experienced some degree of loneliness\nPrevious research found associations between loneliness and poor health\nDue to advances in treatment many HIV-positive people can have near-normal life expectancy and more of them are reaching their senior years. Therefore, researchers need to better understand the issues faced by this population.\nA team of researchers in San Francisco enrolled 356 HIV-positive people in a study to assess different aspects of their health and well-being. Participants were in their mid-to-late 50s. Nearly 60% of participants experienced some degree of loneliness. Participants who were lonely were more likely to have the following:\nuse of alcohol and tobacco\npoor health-related quality of life\nThe researchers stated: \"A comprehensive care approach, incorporating mental health and psychosocial assessments with more traditional clinical assessments, will be needed to improve health outcomes for the aging HIV-positive population.\"\nRelated: One Doc's Advice for Caring for Elderly Patients With HIV\nResearchers conducted an assessment of the health and well-being of participants at one point in time for the study. In particular, they assessed health-related quality of life, social support and the ability to carry out everyday activities. They used well-validated surveys and were also able to assess the results of blood tests.\nIn general, participants were in their mid-to-late 50s, 85% were men and 15% were women, and 57% were white. About 70% of participants were lesbian, gay or bisexual.\nA total of 58% of participants reported some degree of loneliness, distributed as follows:\nmild loneliness -- 24%\nmoderate loneliness -- 22%\nsevere loneliness -- 12%\nCompared to people who were not lonely, participants who were lonely were more likely to have the following factors:\nuse tobacco\nengage in problematic use of alcohol or other substances\nProblems With Carrying Out Basic Everyday Activities\nResearchers also assessed participants' ability to engage in activities of everyday life, including bathing, grooming, dressing, feeding themselves and so on. People who were lonely and who had problems carrying out basic everyday activities tended to have the following:\nother health problems such as kidney and liver injury\nGeneral Implications of Loneliness\nIn the present study, loneliness was common, reported by almost 60% of participants. Some studies among HIV-negative people have found that some lonely elderly people have greater chances of the following:\nincreased levels of inflammation\nincreased presence of unhealthy behaviours that heighten the risk for heart attack and stroke\nHowever, due to issues related to their design, these studies in HIV-negative people cannot prove that loneliness caused these outcomes. Rather, it is possible that there are other factors -- smoking; insufficient physical activity; unrecognized, untreated or poorly managed mental health issues -- that are more common in people who are lonely that affected the findings of these studies. Still, being lonely is distressing and affects a person's quality of life and possibly their overall health and survival, and therefore it deserves further attention.\nThe overall rate of loneliness in the present study was high -- almost 60%. According to the researchers, other studies with HIV-positive people have reported rates of loneliness between 30% and 46%. A difference between the present study and those other studies is that the present study focused solely on people over the age of 50.\nStudies among HIV-negative people aged 65 and older have found rates of loneliness around 40%.\nThe present study captured data at one point in time and provides a foundation for planning future long-term studies. The researchers stated that such studies \"should include a broader range of participants, including those from diverse geographic regions (both urban and rural areas), women and those who acquired HIV through non-MSM contact, to understand more about loneliness across a [broad range] of adults living with HIV.\" Such studies also need to find ways to foster interaction and friendship among older people.\nCATIE Resources\nItalian and U.S. researchers look to the future and explore aging-related issues -- CATIE News\nFrailty, nerve injury and falls in middle-aged and older HIV-positive people -- CATIE News\nFactors linked to falling in HIV-positive women -- TreatmentUpdate 218\nNerve pain and numbness from A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects\nUnravelling the complexity of HIV and fatigue -- CATIE News\nAlberta researchers warn about increasing costs of HIV care -- CATIE News\nEmerging issues in older HIV-positive people -- TreatmentUpdate 214\nOlder people with HIV face different long-term health challenges -- CATIE News\nDenmark -- unexpected trends in use of psychotropic medicines -- TreatmentUpdate 204\nImpressive gains in survival for older people with HIV but still less than general population -- CATIE News\nDanish study raises questions about accelerated aging in HIV -- CATIE News\nLong-term HIV infection and health-related quality of life -- CATIE News\nDutch doctors explore intersection of aging and HIV -- CATIE News\nGeriatric syndromes found to be common among some people with HIV -- CATIE News\nStrengthening the aging brain --TreatmentUpdate 203\nLonger life expectancy for HIV-positive people in North America -- TreatmentUpdate 200\nHIV and aging -- Healthy living tips for people 50 and over living with HIV\nMental Health from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers\nNon-CATIE Resources\nHIV and Aging: State of Knowledge and Areas of Critical Need for Research. A Report to the NIH Office of AIDS Research by the HIV and Aging Working Group\nQuantification of biological aging in young adults -- Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA\nManagement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Advanced Age -- Journal of the American Medical Association\n\"America's other drug problem: Giving the elderly too many prescriptions\" -- Washington Post\nThe CIHR Comorbidity Agenda -- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)\nCIHR's HIV Comorbidity Research Agenda: Relevant Research Areas\nFactsheets on HIV and aging in Canada -- Canadian AIDS Society\nHIV & Aging: A 2013 Environmental Scan of Programs and Services in Canada -- Community Report -- realize (formerly the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation -- CWGHR)\nDirectory of Promising Programs and Services for Older People Living with HIV in Canada -- realize\nEvidence-informed recommendations for rehabilitation with older adults living with HIV: a knowledge synthesis -- BMJ Open\nGreene M, Hessol NA, Perissinotto C, et al. Loneliness in older adults living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior. 2018 May;22(5):1475-1484.\nFinlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Social isolation and loneliness in later life: A parallel convergent mixed-methods case study of older adults and their residential contexts in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, USA. Social Science & Medicine. 2018 May 4;208:25-33.\nNersesian PV, Han HR, Yenokyan G, et al. Loneliness in middle age and biomarkers of systemic inflammation: Findings from midlife in the United States. Social Science & Medicine. 2018; in press.\nHakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Virtanen M, et al. Social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for myocardial infarction, stroke and mortality: UK Biobank cohort study of 479 054 men and women. Heart. 2018; in press.\nElovainio M, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, et al. Contribution of risk factors to excess mortality in isolated and lonely individuals: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank cohort study. Lancet Public Health. 2017 May 4;2(6):e260-e266.\nGale CR, Westbury L, Cooper C. Social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for the progression of frailty: the English longitudinal study of ageing. Age and Ageing. 2018 May 1;47(3):392-397.\nRico-Uribe LA, Caballero FF, Martín-María N, et al. Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 4;13(1):e0190033.\nPrince JD, Oyo A, Mora O, et al. Loneliness among persons with severe mental illness_. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease_. 2018 Feb;206(2):136-141.\nLiu B, Floud S. Unravelling the associations between social isolation, loneliness, and mortality. Lancet Public Health. 2017 Jun;2(6):e248-e249.\nJacobs JM, Hammerman-Rozenberg A, Stessman J. Frequency of leaving the house and mortality from age 70 to 95. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018 Jan;66(1):106-112.\nRubin R. Loneliness might be a killer, but what's the best way to protect against it? JAMA. 2017 Nov 21;318(19):1853-1855.\n[Note from TheBodyPRO: This article was originally published by CATIE on May 23, 2018. We have cross-posted it with their permission.]\nSean R. Hosein is the science and medical editor of CATIE, a prominent Canadian HIV news and information resource. He has been covering HIV news since 1988.\nTags:Older Adults (Ages 50+)"