Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the abbreviated Lubben Social Network Scale

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Kurimoto, Ayumi ^a   Awata, Shuichi ^b   Ohkubo, Takayoshi ^c,d   Tsubota Utsugi, Megumi ^e   Asayama, Kei ^c   Takahashi, Kouko ^a   Suenaga, Katsuko ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Imai, Yutaka ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Reliability; Social isolation; Social network scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79960678621     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.48.149     Document Type: Article

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