Open AccessChanges in and factors related to loneliness in older men. The Zutphen Elderly Study
Author(s) -
Mariken Tijhuis
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/28.5.491
Subject(s) - loneliness , institutionalisation , ucla loneliness scale , feeling , medicine , gerontology , cohort , social isolation , cohort study , demography , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , pathology , sociology
To investigate (i) whether loneliness increases in old age, and if so, whether it relates to ageing itself, to time trends or to cohort effects and (ii) the relationship between changes in institutionalization, partner status and health and loneliness.
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