Loneliness and Social Isolation Associations with Health in Cancer Survivors and Controls

276 cancer survivors and 1,123 non-cancer controls from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) were assessed for loneliness and social isolation. Nancy E. Avis authored this cross-sectional analysis from SWAN Visit 17 data, examining links to quality of life, depression, and anxiety. The dataset is a 30.8 KB DOCX file last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Analyze associations between loneliness and mental health outcomes based on UCLA 3-item loneliness scale and CES-D scores.
• Compare health-related quality of life between cancer survivors and controls based on SF-36 (MCS and PCS) scores.
• Investigate the relationship between social isolation and anxiety levels using a modified Social Network Index.
• Examine effect modification of psychosocial factors by cancer survivorship status using analysis of covariance and logistic regression models.

Strengths

• Includes data from 1,399 total participants (276 cancer survivors and 1,123 controls).
• Measures multiple health outcomes: quality of life (SF-36), depressive symptoms (CES-D), and anxiety.
• Uses validated instruments: UCLA 3-item loneliness scale and a modified Social Network Index.
• Explicitly models covariates including sociodemographic, health-related, and psychosocial variables.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is cross-sectional from a single study visit, limiting causal inference.

Provenance

Source

The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), Visit 17.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional analysis of an existing cohort.

Time Range

Data from Visit 17 of SWAN, a study initiated over 30 years prior.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 05:24:06; freshness should be verified.