Selected Studies using the LSNS
(Organized by Version of LSNS)
LSNS-6 (6-item version)
Alspach, J. (2013). Loneliness and social isolation: Risk factors long overdue for surveillance.
Critical Care Nurse, 33(6), 8-13. doi: 10.4037/ccn2013377 PMID: 24293552
Arai, K., & Sakakibara, H. (2014). Malnutrition and social isolation among elderly residents of
city public housing. [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health, 62(8),
379-389.
Berkman, L. F., & Krishna, A. (2014). Social network epidemiology. In L. F. Berkman, I.
Kawachi, & M. M. Glymour (Eds.), Social Epidemiology (pp. 234-248). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press.
Black, J. T., Romano, P. S., Sadeghi, B., Auerback, A. D., Ganiats, T. G., Greenfield, S., … &
The BEAT-HF research Group. (2014). A remote monitoring and telephone nurse
coaching intervention to reduce readmissions among patients with heart failure: Study
protocol for Better Effectiveness After Transition – Heart Failure (BEAT-HF)
randomized controlled trial. BioMed Central, 15, 124. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-124
PMID: 24725308
Boulos, C., Salameh, P., & Barberger-Gateau, P. (2016). Social isolation and risk for
malnutrition among older people. Geriatrics & Gerontology International.
Butler, S. (2006). Evaluating the senior companion program: A mixed-method approach. Journal
of Gerontological Social Work, 4(1/2), 45-70. PMID: 16901877
Casado, B., & Lee, S. (2012). Access barriers to and unmet needs for home-and communitybased services among older Korean Americans. Home Health Care Services Quarterly,
31, 219-242. doi: 10.1080/01621424.2012.703540 PMID: 22974082.
Cepeda, J., Niccolai, L., Erisyan, K., Heimer, R., & Levina, O. (2013). Moderate/heavy alcohol
use and HCV infection among injection drug users in two Russian cities. Drug and
Alcohol Dependence, 132, 571-579. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.04.004 PMID:
23642314.
Carmaciu, C., Iliffe, S., Kharicha, K., Harari, D., Swift, C., Gillmann, G., & Stuck, A. (2007).
Health risk appraisal in older people 3: Prevalence, impact, and context of pain and their
implications for GPs. British Journal of General Practice, 57, 630-635. PMID: 17688757.
Chen, S., Conwell, Y., Vanorden, K., Lu, N., Fang, Y., Ma, Y., … Chiu, H. (2012). Prevalence
and natural course of late-life depression in China primary care: A population based
study from an urban community. Journal of Affective Disorders, 141, 86-93. doi:
10.1016/j.jad.2012.02.027 PMID: 22464006.
1 Choi, N., Marti, C., Bruce, M., & Kunik, M. (2012). Relationship between depressive symptom
severity and emergency department use among low-income, depressed homebound older
adults aged 50 years and older. BMC Psychiatry, 12(333), 1-10. doi:10.1186/1471-244X12-233.
Choi, N., & Morrow-Howell, N. (2007). Low-income older adults’ acceptance of depression
treatments: Examination of within-group differences. Aging and Mental Health, 11(4),
423-433. PMID: 17612806
Cimarolli, V., & Wang, S. (2006). Differences in social support among employed and
unemployed adults who are visually impaired. Journal of Visual Impairment and
Blindness, 100(9), 545-556.
Cimarolli, V. (2006). Perceived overprotection and distress in adults with visual impairment.
Rehabilitation Psychology, 51(4), 338-345.
Clough-Gorr, K., Blozik, E., Gilmann, G., Beck, J. C., Ferrell, B. A., Anders, J., … Stuck, A. E.
(2008). The self-administered 24-item geriatric pain measure (GPM-24-SA):
psychometric properties in three European populations of community-dwelling older
adults. Pain Medicine, 9(6), 695 – 709. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00497.x PMID:
18816330.
Cloutier-Fisher, D., Kobayashi, K., & Smith, A. (2011). The subjective dimension of social
isolation: A qualitative investigation of older adults' experiences in small social support
networks. Journal of Aging Studies, 25, 407-414. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2011.03.012
Cotrell, V., & Carder, P. (2010). Health-related needs assessment of older residents in subsidized
housing. Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, 12(2), 47-66.
Crooks, V., Lubben, J., Petitti, D., Little, D., & Chiu, V. (2008). Social network, cognitive
function, and dementia incidence among elderly women. American Journal of Public
Health, 98(7), 1221-1227. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.115923 PMID: 18511731.
Denkinger, M., Franke, S., Rapp, K., Weinmayr, G., Duran-Tauleria, E., Nikolaus, T., … ActiFE
Ulm Study Group. (2010). Accelerometer-based physical activity in a large observational
cohort- study protocol and design of the activity and function of the elderly in Ulm
(ActiFE Ulm) study. BMC Geriatrics, 10, 50. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-50
Das, D., Cherbuin, N., Butterworth, P., Anstey, K., & Easteal, S. (2012). A population-based
study of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and associated impairment in
middle-aged adults. PLoS One, 7(2), e31500. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031500 PMID:
22347487.
Eisele, M., Blozik, E., Stork, S., Trader, J., Herrmann-Lingen, C., & Scherer, M. (2013).
Recognition of depression and anxiety and their association with quality of life,
2 hospitalization and mortality I primary care patients with heart failure – Study protocol of
a longitudinal observation study. BMC Family Practice, 14, 180. doi:10.1186/1471-229614-180 PMID: 24279590
Esgalhado, M., Reis, M., Pereira, H., & Afonso, R. (2010). Influence of social support on the
psychological well-being and mental health of older adults living in assisted-living
residences. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology, 1, 267278.
Eshkoor, S., Hamid, T., Nudin, S., & Mun, C. (2013). The effects of social support and having a
partner on sleep quality in dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other
Dementia, 28(3), 253-257. doi: 10.1177/1533317513481098 PMID: 23612908.
Farina, N., Tabet, N., & Rusted, J. (2014). Habitual physical activity (HPA) as a factor in
sustained executive function in Alzheimer-type dementia: A cohort study. Archives of
gerontology and geriatrics, 59(1), 91-97.
Gallagher, D., Mhaolain, A., Crosby, L., Ryan, D., Lacey, L., Coen, R.,… Lawlor, B. (2011).
Determinants of the desire to institutionalize in Alzheimer’s caregivers. American
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 26(3), 205-211. doi:
10.1177/1533317511400307 PMID: 21378063.
Gallagher, D., Mhaolain, A., Crosby, L., Ryan, D., Lacey, L., Coen, R.,… Lawlor, B. (2011).
Self-efficacy for managing dementia may protect against burden and depression in
Alzheimer’s caregivers. Aging & Mental Health, 15(6), 663-670. doi:
10.1080/13607863.2011.562179 PMID: 21547745.
Giovagnoli, A. R., Oliveri, S., Schifano, L., & Raglio, A. (2014). Active music therapy improves
cognition and behaviour in chronic vascular encephalopathy: A case report.
Complementary therapies in medicine, 22(1), 57-62.
Gray, J., Kim, J., Ciesla, J. R., & Yao, P. (2014). Rasch Analysis of the Lubben Social Network
Scale–6 (LSNS-6). Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0733464814560468.
Greysen, S., Horwitz, L., Covinsky, K., Gordon, K., Ohl, M., & Justice, A. (2013). Does social
isolation predict hospitalization and mortality among HIV+ and uninfected older veterans?
The American Geriatrics Society, 61, 1456-1463. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12410 PMID:
23927911.
Guerette, A., & Smedema, S. (2011). The relationship of perceived social support with wellbeing in adults with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness,
105(7), 425-439.
Hand, C., McColl, M. A., Birtwhistle, R., Kotecha, J. A., Batchelor, D., Barber, K. H. (2014).
Social isolation in older adults who are frequent users of primary care services. Canadian
Family Physician, 60, e322-9 PMID: 24925967
3 Heider, D., Matschinger, H., Muller, H., Saum, K., Quinzler, R., Haefeli, W., … & Konig, H.
(2014). Health care costs in the elderly in Germany: An analysis applying Andersen’s
behavioral model of health care utilization. BMC Health Services Research, 14(71), 1-12.
doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-71
Honeycutt, J. Nasser, K., Banner, J., Mapp, C., & DuPont, B. (2008). Individual differences in
catharsis, emotional valence, trauma anxiety, and social networks among hurricane
Katrina and Rita victims. Southern Communication Journal, 73(3), 229-242. doi:
10.1080/10417940802219728
Howarter, A., & Bennett, K. (2013). Perceived discrimination and health-related quality of life:
Testing the Reserved Capacity Model in Hispanic Americans. The Journal of Social
Psychology, 153(1), 62-79. PMID: 23421006
Ibrahim, R., Momtaz, Y., & Hamid, T. (2013). Social isolation in older Malaysians: Prevalence
and risk factors. Psychogeriatrics, 13, 71-79. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12000 PMID: 23909963.
Iliffe, S., Kharicha, K., Harari, D., Swift, C., Gillmann, G., & Stuck, A. (2013). Health risk
appraisal in older people 6: Factors associated with self-reported poor vision and uptake
of eye tests in older people. BMC Family Practice, 14(1), 130. PMID: 24006949.
Iliffe, S., Kendrick, D., Morris, R., Skelton, D., Gage, H., Dinan, S., … Masud, T. (2010). Multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a community group exercise programme with
home based exercise with usual care for people aged 65 and over in primary care:
protocol of the ProAct 65+ trial. Trials, 11(1), 6. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-6 PMID:
20082696.
Iliffe, S., Kharicha, K., Carmaciu, C., Harari, D., Swift, C., Gillman, G., & Stuck, A. (2009). The
relationship between pain intensity and severity and depression in older people:
Exploratory study. BMC Family Practice, 10(54), 1-7. doi:10.1186/1471-2296-10-54
Iliffe, S., Kharicha, K., Harari, D., Swift, C., Gillmann, G., & Stuck, A. (2007). Health risk
appraisal in older people 2: The implications for clinicians and commissioners of social
isolation risk in older people. British Journal of General Practice, 57, 277-282.
Irwin, J., & Austin, E. (2013). Suicide ideation and suicide attempts among White Southern
lesbians. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 17, 4-20. doi:
10.1080/19359705.2012.711552
Ito, K., Inagaki, H., Sugiyama, M., Okamura, T., Shimokado, K., & Awata, S. (2013).
Association between subjective memory complaints and mental health well-being in
urban community-dwelling elderly in Japan. Geriatrics & Gerontology International,
13(1), 234-235. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00883.x PMID: 23286567.
4 Jang, Y., Roh, S. H., & Chiriboga, D. A. (2014). The impact of acculturation on depressive
symptoms: A comparison of older Korean Americans in two areas. Asian American
Journal of Psychology, 5(3), 200-205. doi: 10.1037/a0032591
Kim, J. (2014, November). Impacts of a computer and Internet skills training program on
communication and social connectedness among low-income older adults. In 142nd
APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15-November 19, 2014). APHA.
Kimura, M., Yamazaki, S., Haga, H., & Yasumura, S. (2013). The prevalence of social
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Ko, E., & Lee, J. (2010). Completion of advance directives among Korean American and nonHispanic White older adults. Research on Aging, 32(5), 618-644. doi:
10.1177/0164027510377310
Kobayashi, K., Cloutier-Fisher, D., & Roth M. (2009). Making meaningful connections: A
profile of social isolation and health among older adults in small town and small city,
British Columbia, Journal of Aging and Health, 21(2), 374-397. doi:
10.1177/0898264308329022 PMID: 19074646
Kolomer, S. (2009). Grandparent caregivers’ health and management of prescription medication.
Journal of Intergenerational Relations, 7, 243-258. doi:10.1080/15350770902851346
* Lee, K., Kim, S., Chung, W., Hwang, G., Hwang, Y., & Hwang, I. (2009). The validity and
reliability of Korean version of Lubben Social Network Scale. Korean Journal of Family
Medicine, 30(5), 352- 358. doi:10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.5.352
Levy-Storms, L., & Lubben, J. (2006). Network composition and health behaviors among older
Samoan women. Journal of aging and Health, 18(6), 814-836. PMID: 17099135
Loke, S., Abdullah, S., Chai, S., Hamid, T., & Yahaya, N. (2011). Assessment of factors
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Loke, S. C., Lim, W. S., Someya, Y., Hamid, T. A., & Nudin, S. S. (2015). Examining the
Disability Model From the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and
Health Using a Large Data Set of Community-Dwelling Malaysian Older Adults. Journal
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Lou, V., Chui, E., Leung, A., Kwan, C., Chi, I., & Leung, E. (2009). Characteristics of elderly
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5 * Lubben, J., Blozik, E., Gillmann, G., Iliffe, S., von Renteln Kruse, W., Beck, J., & Stuck, A.
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* Lubben, J., & Gironda, M. (2003). Centrality of Social Ties to the Health and Well Being of
Older Adults. In B. Berkman & L. Harooytan (Eds.), Social Work and Health Care in an
Aging World (pp. 319-350). New York, NY: Springer.
McConkey, R. (2013). Irish attitudes to sexual relationships and people with intellectual
disability. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41, 181-188. doi:10.1111/bld.12036
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(2009). Sexual mixing patterns and partner characteristics of black MSM in
Massachusetts at increased risk for HIV infection and transmission. Journal of Urban
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Momtaz, Y., Hamid, ., Ibrahim, R., Yahaya, N., & Chai, S. (2011). Moderating effect of
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Moroń, M. (2014). Emotion understanding, interpersonal competencies and loneliness among
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Nelms, L., Johnson, V., Teshuva, K., Foreman, P., & Stanley, J. (2009). Social and health factors
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Phillips, J., Dobbs, C., Burholt, V., & Marston, H. (2013). Extracare: Does it promote resident
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6 Premaor, M., Ensrud, K., Lui, L., Parker, R., Cauley, J., Hillier, T., … Compston, J. (2011). Risk
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Shimada, H., Ishizaki, T., Kato, M., Morimoto, A., Tamate, A., Uchiyama, Y., & Yasumura, S.
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Yamaguchi, T., Murai, T., & Yamaguchi, H. (2012). Pleasant physical exercise program
for prevention of cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly with subjective
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* Lubben, J., & Gironda, M. (2003). Centrality of Social Ties to the Health and Well Being of
Older Adults. In B. Berkman & L. Harooytan (Eds.), Social Work and Health Care in an
Aging World (pp. 319-350). New York, NY: Springer.
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