A mixed-methods approach to understanding loneliness and depression in older adults

FK Barg, R Huss-Ashmore, MN Wittink… - The Journals of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. Depression in late life may be difficult to identify, and older adults often do not
accept depression treatment offered. This article describes the methods by which we …

Loneliness and the health of older people

CÓ Luanaigh, BA Lawlor - … of Geriatric Psychiatry: A journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background The intense focus on major psychiatric disorders in both contemporary
psychiatric research and clinical practice has resulted in the relative neglect of less …

Social isolation and loneliness: relationships with cognitive function during 4 years of follow-up in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

A Shankar, M Hamer, A McMunn… - Psychosomatic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective This study aims to evaluate the impact of social isolation and loneliness,
individually and simultaneously, on cognitive function in older adults during a 4-year period …

Financial difficulty and biopsychosocial predictors of loneliness: A cross-sectional study of community dwelling older adults

G Cheung, V Wright-St Clair, E Chacko… - Archives of gerontology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aim To investigate the interplay of sociodemographic, health, functional and psychosocial
factors in predicting loneliness in community dwelling older adults accessing home support …

Risk factors and mediating pathways of loneliness and social support in community-dwelling older adults

RIB Schnittger, J Wherton, D Prendergast… - Aging & mental …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To develop biopsychosocial models of loneliness and social support thereby
identifying their key risk factors in an Irish sample of community-dwelling older adults …

The association between loneliness and cognitive impairment among older men and women in China: a nationwide longitudinal study

Z Zhou, F Mao, W Zhang, SD Towne Jr, P Wang… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
We aimed to investigate the association between loneliness and cognitive impairment
among older men and women in China. Data for 6898 eligible participants aged 65 years …

Psycho-social and health predictors of loneliness in older primary care patients and mediating mechanisms linking comorbidities and loneliness

LM Trtica, M Volarić, T Kurevija, S Mihaljević… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Aging is associated with many personal, social, and environmental challenges
that increase the risk of loneliness. Loneliness is a painful emotional experience associated …

A systematic review of longitudinal risk factors for loneliness in older adults

L Dahlberg, KJ McKee, A Frank, M Naseer - Aging & mental health, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives To effectively reduce loneliness in older adults, interventions should be based on
firm evidence regarding risk factors for loneliness in that population. This systematic review …

Loneliness in older persons: A theoretical model and empirical findings

J Cohen-Mansfield, A Parpura-Gill - International psychogeriatrics, 2007 - cambridge.org
Background: This study examines predictors of loneliness among low-income older adults
through a framework named MODEL (Model of Depression and Loneliness), which we …

Importance of loneliness in behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

W Sun, T Matsuoka, H Oba… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Loneliness is considered to be a crucial factor in mental health of elderly people.
However, the effects of loneliness on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia …