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@ARTICLE{Boehlen:278651,
      author       = {F. H. Boehlen and D. Heider and D. Schellberg and J. K.
                      Hohls and B. Schöttker$^*$ and H. Brenner$^*$ and H.-C.
                      Friederich and H.-H. König and B. Wild},
      title        = {{G}ender-specific association of loneliness and health care
                      use in community-dwelling older adults.},
      journal      = {BMC geriatrics},
      volume       = {23},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {1471-2318},
      address      = {London},
      publisher    = {BioMed Central},
      reportid     = {DKFZ-2023-01695},
      pages        = {502},
      year         = {2023},
      abstract     = {Loneliness in older adults is common, particularly in
                      women. In this article, gender differences in the
                      association of loneliness and health care use are
                      investigated in a large sample of community-dwelling older
                      adults.Data of 2525 persons (ages 55-85 years)-participants
                      of the fourth follow- up (2011-2014) of the ESTHER study-
                      were analyzed. Loneliness and health care use were assessed
                      by study doctors in the course of a home visit.
                      Gender-specific regression models with Gamma-distribution
                      were performed using loneliness as independent variable to
                      predict outpatient health care use, adjusted for demographic
                      variables.In older women, lonely persons were shown to have
                      significantly more visits to general practitioners and
                      mental health care providers in a three-month period
                      compared to less lonely persons (p = .005). The survey found
                      that outpatient health care use was positively associated
                      with loneliness, multimorbidity, and mental illness in older
                      women but not in older men. Older men had significantly more
                      contact with inpatient care in comparison to women (p =
                      .02).It is important to consider gender when analyzing
                      inpatient and outpatient health care use in older persons.
                      In older women loneliness is associated with increased use
                      of outpatient services.},
      keywords     = {Elderly persons (Other) / Gender differences (Other) /
                      Health care costs (Other) / Health care use (Other) /
                      Loneliness (Other)},
      cin          = {C070},
      ddc          = {610},
      cid          = {I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331},
      pnm          = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:37605106},
      doi          = {10.1186/s12877-023-04201-9},
      url          = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/278651},
}