Interventions targeting loneliness and social isolation among the older people: An update systematic review

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2018, Pages 133-144

  Poscia, Andrea ^a   Stojanovic, Jovana ^a   La Milia, Daniele Ignazio ^a   Duplaga, Mariusz ^b   Grysztar, Marcin ^b   Moscato, Umberto ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a   Collamati, Agnese ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a,c   Magnavita, Nicola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Older persons; Social isolation; Update review

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ITALIAN (LANGUAGE); LONELINESS; OLDER PEOPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGE; AGED; AGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 85038843802     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.11.017     Document Type: Review

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