results. Few investigators have distinguished living alone from loneliness in the same study.
Thus, the present study examined the independent and interactive effects of living alone and
loneliness on depressive symptoms (GDS score) and quality of life (SF‐12 MCS score) in a
prospective 2‐year follow‐up cohort study of 2808 community‐dwelling older adults (aged≥
55 years) in Singapore, controlling for baseline covariates. In cross‐sectional analysis …