Assessing the relative importance of correlates of loneliness in later life. Gaining insight using recursive partitioning

Improving the design and targeting of interventions is important for alleviating loneliness among older adults. This requires identifying which correlates are the most important predictors of loneliness. This study demonstrates the use of recursive partitioning in exploring the characteristics and assessing the relative importance of correlates of loneliness in older adults.Using exploratory regression trees and random forests, we examined...