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Factors associated with loneliness of noninstitutionalized and institutionalized older adults
Author(s)	Maria-Eugenia Prieto-Flores, Maria Joao Forjaz, Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 23, no 1, February 2011
Pages	pp 177-194
Source	http://jah.sagepub.com/
Keywords	Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Loneliness ; Depression ; Spain.
Annotation	The study aimed to seek whether sociodemographic and health factors contribute differentially to the explanation of loneliness in institutionalised and non-institutionalised older adults. A secondary aim was to analyse the influence of institutionalisation on older people's loneliness. The work was based on two surveys of older adults aged 60 years or more in Spain, in which a group of 234 community-dwelling people and 234 nursing homes residents participated. Study results showed that depression was associated with loneliness in both populations. Sex and marital status contributed to explain loneliness among those living at home, whereas gathering with family, friends, and neighbours showed a significant effect in the institutionalised group. Institutionalisation per se showed a strong effect on loneliness. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-111011009 A
Classmark	KW: KX: F: CC: DV: ENR: 76S
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