Lonelier than ever? Loneliness of older people over two decades
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Lonelier than ever? Loneliness of older people over two decades.
To live with feelings of loneliness has negative implications for quality of life, health and survival. This study aimed to examine changes in loneliness among older people, both with regard to prevalence rates, and socio-demographic, social and health-related correlates of loneliness. This study had a repeated cross-sectional design and was based on the nationally representative Swedish Panel ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0167-4943
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.11.004