Analysing comfort with primary care discussions and openness to social prescribing as mediators of the associations between loneliness and wellbeing among Canadians aged 55 and older

While SP may be acceptable to those who need it, some may experience greater difficulties accessing SP through primary care providers without interventions tailored to their loneliness status that could elicit buy-in and enrolment. Primary care providers may wish to pay closer attention to people with emotional loneliness. Other considerations, such as trust and motivational interviewing for positive self-beliefs may explain potential changes from loneliness to wellbeing.