Correction: Single-item versus scale: Comparing respondent demographic, social, and health characteristics by measure of loneliness using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data

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• The aim is to correct findings that compare single-item versus scale measures of loneliness relating to demographics, social, and health factors.
• Review of previous findings regarding loneliness measures
• Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data
• Comparison of demographic, social, and health characteristics across different loneliness measures
• Clarifications on the differences of single-item and scale measures of loneliness
• Potential biases identified in demographic and health characteristics
• Impact on the assessment of loneliness in aging populations noted