SONNET Project: Mosen
Social Isolation and Loneliness in KPCO’s Medicare Total Health Assessments
PROJECT TEAM
- John F Steiner, MD, MPH, KP Colorado Institute for Health Research
- David Mosen, PhD, MPH, KP Northwest Center for Health Research
- Mateo Banegas, PhD, MPH, KP Northwest Center for Health Research
- Tammy Kelly, PhD, KP Colorado Institute for Health Research
- Cally Martin, MA, KP Northern California Division of Research and KP Program Office
- Andrea Paolino, MA, KP Colorado Institute for Health Research
- Colleen Ross, KP Colorado Institute for Health Research
- Matt Stiefel, MS, MPA, KP Program Office
- Alena Wall, MA, KP Northern California Division of Research and KP Program Office
- Chan Zeng, PhD, KP Colorado Institute for Health Research
PROJECT SUMMARY
A team of KP researchers and operational leaders are using data from KP Colorado’s Medicare Total Health Assessment (MTHA), a standardized survey that is given to Medicare members, to explore the relationship between changes in loneliness and changes in self-reported health and utilization of care. Preliminary results found that improvements in loneliness were associated with subsequent improvements in self-reported health, such as depression.
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