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Correlates and prevalence of loneliness from young old to oldest old
— results from a Swedish cohort | | Author(s) | Cheryl McCamish-Svensson, Gillis Samuelsson, Bo Hagberg |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 3, no 1, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1-24 |
| Keywords | Bereavement ; Young elderly ; Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | A multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between social, psychological and physical characteristics and loneliness was conducted in a longitudinal study of 142 Swedish participants from age 67 to 92. Results indicate that the typical predictors of loneliness found in most research - including gender, marital status, living alone, and contact with children - had no significant relationship with loneliness for this cohort at any age. However, "time passes slowly" and "poor life adjustment" (as assessed by the interviewer) were positively correlated with loneliness at all ages. Presence of health problems (but not disability) was positively related to loneliness at both 67 and 92 years. Even though contact with others outside the home remained frequent, the proportion who reported loneliness increased from 20% at age 67 to 37% at 92. These results indicate the multidimensionality of loneliness and its variability from young old to oldest old. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020301205 A |
| Classmark | DW: BBA: BBM: BBR: 49: 3J: 76P |
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