Lack of social relationships

Lack of social relationships raise the risk of falls in humans.

“participants without family but with acquaintances, as well as those without both family and acquaintances, had a higher risk of falls than those with both family and acquaintances”

Humansliving alonen = 3,109

Relationship between social network characteristics and falls among older adults living alone: an analysis using Zero-inflated negative binomial regression

BMC geriatrics·25 Nov 2025