Table 6

Relationships between social isolation variables and no. of visits: Linear regression adjusted for health status, dichotomized as 0 = poor or fair and 1 = good, very good, or excellent.

MODELVARIABLEBSEβP VALUE
1Social network size−0.030.26−.02.97
2Loneliness−0.920.97−.16.35
3Satisfaction with social participation−0.752.81−.05.79
4Frequency of social participation0.110.08.22.20
  • B—unstandardized coefficient, β—standardized coefficient, SE—standard error.