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Antecedents of Loneliness among Cancer Survivors: An Exploratory Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) Data

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Description
Examines psychosocial and personal factors contributing to social isolation among cancer survivors and isolation as a mediator between those factors and mental health, using 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 6) data of 926 cancer survivors. Provides data on rural and urban populations throughout.
Author(s)
Avishek Choudhury, Christopher W. Wheldon, Safa Elkefi, Priyanka Dixit
Citation
PLOS ONE, 21(1), e0323159
Date
01/2026
Tagged as
Cancer · Mental health · Rural-urban differences · Social connectedness · Statistics and data