|
Age categories
|
VI population (n = 736)a
|
General population (n = 14,884)a
|
|---|
|
TILS
|
Single question
|
DCG
|
|---|
|
%
|
95% CI
|
%
|
95% CI
|
%
|
95% CI
|
|---|
|
Moderate loneliness
|
|
18–35 years
|
31.2
|
24.1–39.1
|
19.6
|
18.4–20.8
|
16.5
|
15.3–17.6
|
|
36–50 years
|
30.1
|
23.6–37.2
|
15.8
|
14.8–16.9
|
16.1
|
15.1–17.2
|
|
51–65 years
|
23.0
|
17.4–29.5
|
17.3
|
16.1–18.5
|
18.5
|
17.3–19.7
|
|
≥ 66 years
|
31.1
|
24.6–38.1
|
22.4
|
20.6–24.2
|
23.3
|
21.5–25.1
|
|
Total sample
|
28.7
|
25.4–32.1
|
18.2
|
17.6–18.9
|
17.9
|
17.2–18.5
|
|
Severe loneliness
|
|
18–35 years
|
21.0
|
14.9–28.2
|
2.1
|
1.7–2.6
|
4.9
|
4.3–5.6
|
|
36–50 years
|
27.9
|
20.7–33.9
|
2.2
|
1.8–2.7
|
6.1
|
5.5–6.9
|
|
51–65 years
|
19.0
|
13.8–25.1
|
3.2
|
2.7–3.8
|
6.0
|
5.3–6.8
|
|
≥ 66 years
|
12.4
|
8.1–17.9
|
3.8
|
3.0–4.7
|
7.2
|
6.1–8.4
|
|
Total sample
|
19.7
|
16.9–22.8
|
2.7
|
2.4–3.0
|
5.9
|
5.5–6.3
|
- Notes. VI visual impairment, CIs confidence intervals, TILS Three Item Loneliness Scale, DCG De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale
- aThe single question had 26 non-responses and the DCG questionnaire had 122 non-responses
