Carla Perissinotto

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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Loneliness and Social Isolation: Podcast with Carla Perissinotto and Ashwin Kotwal · 19 Aug 2021 podcast

However,

There's a couple summary points that I can give you.

Is one, if you're going to measure it, be consistent.

So don't ask one patient one way and another patient another way and another health system another way.

So try to use the same scale.

There is a scale called the UCLA loneliness scale, which is three items, which is actually used quite a bit in part because, as we all know in clinical practice or in lives, like doing anything more in depth is really challenging.

And it's a good way to start, and it's a good way to get.

Things.

It asks people if they feel isolated, if they feel left out, and if they lack companionship.

So that's for loneliness.

That is not the only scale.

So there are many more you can read about, but that is the main one.

For social isolation, it's even more complex in terms of what the standard is.

Some people argue for a single item, like do you live alone?

I think that is incorrect because it doesn't get at are you living alone by choice?

And are

And our

Are you distressed by this?

There is something called the Berkman-Syme Index, which is what was actually recommended by the Institute of Medicine to be included in electronic medical records as part of social determinants of health.

So there are recommended tools there.

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