"Being all alone makes me sad": Loneliness in older adults with depressive symptoms

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1541-1551

  Van Beljouw, Ilse M J ^a   Van Exel, Eric ^a   De Jong Gierveld, Jenny ^b   Comijs, Hannie C ^a   Heerings, Marjolijn ^a   Stek, Max L ^a   Van Marwijk, Harm W J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Attitudes; Depression; Health knowledge; Loneliness; Practice; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONELINESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDY DESIGN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84911416846     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214000581     Document Type: Article

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