The importance of activities of daily living and social contact for loneliness: A survey among residents in nursing homes

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-71

  Drageset, Jorunn ^a  

^a Faculty of Health and Social Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADL; Elderly; Loneliness; Nursing homes; Social network; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2442636769     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0283-9318.2003.00251.x     Document Type: Review

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