Loneliness in older Chinese adults: A risk factor for elder mistreatment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1831-1835

  Dong, Xinqi ^b   Simon, Melissa A ^a   Gorbien, Martin ^b   Percak, Jeffrey ^b   Golden, Robyn ^b  

^a Northwestern Medical Center   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Cross sectional study; Elder abuse and neglect; Elder mistreatment; Loneliness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; NEGLECT; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 35748957768     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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