Effect evaluation of a two-year complex intervention to reduce loneliness in non-institutionalised elderly Dutch people

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Honigh De Vlaming, Rianne ^b   Haveman Nies, Annemien ^a,b   Heinrich, Judith ^b   Van't Veer, Pieter ^a   De Groot, Lisette Cpgm ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Collaborative Centre AGORA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex intervention; Elderly people; Evaluation; Healthy ageing; Loneliness; Public health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885823825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-984     Document Type: Article

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