Do stress, health behavior, and sleep mediate the association between loneliness and adverse health conditions among older people?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-86

  Christiansen, Julie ^a,b   Larsen, Finn Breinholt ^a   Lasgaard, Mathias ^a,b  

^a Public Health and Quality Improvement   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Health behavior; Loneliness; Migraine; Sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; SLEEP;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SMOKING; STRESS; VERY ELDERLY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84956688227     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.020     Document Type: Article

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