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The authors would like to thank all the professionals https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000762
as well as the participants of the study coming from the Hung, M., Bounsanga, J., Voss, M.W., Crum, A.B., Chen, W., &
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz329

Author contributions Minetto, M.A., Giannini, A., McConnell, R., Busso, C., Torre, G.,
& Massazza, G. (2020). Common musculoskeletal disorders
Conceptualization: All authors in the elderly: The star triad. Journal of Clinical Medicine,
9(4):1216.
Formal analysis: All authors
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041216
Investigation: All authors
Nicholas, M. (1989). Self-Efficacy and Chronic Pain: St Andrews:
Methodology: All authors Annual Conference of British Psychological Society.
Writing – original draft: All authors Perissinotto, C.M., Cenzer, S.I., & Covinsky, K.E. (2012).
Loneliness in older persons: A predictor of functional decline
Ethics approval and consent to participate and death. Archives of Internal Medicine, 172(14):1078-1083.
The present study was approved by the Institutional Review https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1993
Board (IRB) of the program “Help at Home” and the Perry, G., Nunomura, A., Hirai, K., Zhu, X., Pérez, M., Avila, J.,
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Greece (approval number 2156/2023-5-31). mechanism of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative
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following formal request.
Domeier, R.M., Swor, R.A., et al. (2018). Social support and
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