Assessing the loneliness of older people with cerebral palsy

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 469-479

  Balandin, Susan ^a   Berg, Natalie ^a   Waller, Annalu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Cerebral palsy; Loneliness; UCLA Loneliness Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644807231     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500211759     Document Type: Article

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