The impact of depression and sense of coherence on emotional and social loneliness among nursing home residents without cognitive impairment - a questionnaire survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 965-974

  Drageset, Jorunn ^a   Espehaug, Birgitte ^a   Kirkevold, Marit ^b,c  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression symptoms; Emotional and social loneliness; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing home; Older people; Quantitative design; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONELINESS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONELINESS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84858295870     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03932.x     Document Type: Article

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