Reducing social isolation and loneliness in older people: A systematic review protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Landeiro, Filipa ^a   Barrows, Paige ^a   Nuttall Musson, Ellen ^a   Gray, Alastair M ^a   Leal, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elderly; intervention; loneliness; older; Social isolation; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EMBASE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATIVE; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; AGING; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 85019587083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013778     Document Type: Article

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