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Functional limitations and loneliness in middle-aged and older adults: differentiating emotional loneliness and social loneliness

Published Online: 2026-06-01

Authors

Beller, Johannes

Graßhoff, Julia

Sperlich, Stefanie
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Funding for this research was provided by:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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Article History

Received: 17 February 2026

Accepted: 26 May 2026

First Online: 1 June 2026

Declarations

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: The German Ageing Survey (DEAS) is conducted by the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA) and adheres to German law and the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All participants provided informed consent prior to participation in the survey. The current study is based on secondary analysis of anonymized data from the DEAS, which is made publicly available for scientific use via the Research Data Centre of the German Centre of Gerontology (FDZ-DZA). Ethical approval for this secondary analysis was not required as the study exclusively used anonymized, publicly available data.

: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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