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The Association between Loneliness and Health Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) among Community-Dwelling Older Citizens

Greg WilliamsTomislav RukavinaJordi Garces-ferrerSiok Swan TanTamara Alhambra-borrásIrene N. FierloosCarmen B. FranseRob Van StaverenHein RaatTasos RentoumisElin KoppelaarXuxi Zhang

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MaleGerontologyemotional lonelinessSocial perspectiveCroatiaHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisEmotionsPsychological interventionlcsh:MedicineBIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita. Javno zdravstvo.community-dwelling older citizens ; emotional loneliness ; health related quality of life ; loneliness ; social lonelinessArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of life (healthcare)030502 gerontologymedicinehealth related quality of lifelonelinessHumansInterpersonal Relations030212 general & internal medicineAssociation (psychology)AgedNetherlandsBIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Public Health and Health Care. Public Health.Aged 80 and overHealth related quality of lifeGreeceMultivariable linear regressionlcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthLonelinessMean agecommunity-dwelling older citizensUnited KingdomhumanitiesCross-Sectional StudiesSpainQuality of LifeFemalesocial lonelinessIndependent Livingmedicine.symptom0305 other medical sciencePsychology

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Background: This study aimed to assess the association between loneliness and Health-Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) among community-dwelling older citizens in five European countries. We characterize loneliness broadly from an emotional and social perspective. Methods: This cross-sectional study measured loneliness with the 6-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale and HR-QoL with the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey. The association between loneliness and HR-QoL was examined using multivariable linear regression models. Results: Data of 2169 citizens of at least 70 years of age and living independently (mean age = 79.6 &plusmn

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2020-01-17
10.3390/ijerph17020600https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020600