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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

I’m wondering, you talked about that patient who was really isolated and coming to the emergency room. Things like smoking status, level of physical activity, a variety of other lifestyle and biological risk factors that may be alternative explanations. Were you administering scales to pick up on loneliness and isolation?

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