How much does it hurt to be lonely? Mental and physical differences between older men and women in the KORA-Age Study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-252

  Zebhauser, A ^a,b   Hofmann Xu, L ^a   Baumert, J ^a   Hafner S ^a,c   Lacruz, M E ^a   Emeny, R T ^a   Doring A ^a   Grill, E ^d,e   Huber, D ^f,g   Peters, A ^a   Ladwig, K H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Klinikum Harlaching   (Germany)

^g INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTIC UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender; loneliness; mental health; older people; oldest old

Indexed keywords

GENDER; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH; OLDER PEOPLE; OLDEST OLD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84893910098     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3998     Document Type: Article

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