Researchers explained that the work suggests that addressing loneliness and social isolation play an important role in the prevention of two of the main causes of morbidity in high-income countries.
The results from the universities of York, Liverpool and Newcastle linked loneliness and social isolation to a 30 percent increase in the risk of having a stroke or coronary artery disease.
Repots which compared the effects of loneliness with recognised risk factors, such as anxiety and a stressful job, researchers said that their analysis backed up public health concerns about the importance of social contacts for health and wellbeing. As per the report of The Journal Heart.