Predictors and subjective causes of loneliness in an aged population.

By N. Savikko, P. Routasalo, R. Tilvis, T. Strandberg, K. Pitkälä. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print), 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Health

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Loneliness, social support networks, mood and wellbeing in community‐dwelling elderly (2009, background): “Studies of the elderly in 'Western-type' cultures have generally reported prevalences of loneliness of between 25–45% (Mullins et al., 1988; Lindgren et al., 1994; Holmen and Furukawa, 2002; Lauder et al., 2004; Savikko et al., 2005; Lauder et al., 2006; Routasalo et al., 2006; Victor et al., 2006).”
Use of Direct Versus Indirect Approaches to Measure Loneliness in Later Life (2012, methodology): “…association was found among a random Finnish sample of people aged 75 years and older applying the single direct measure of loneliness (Savikko et al., 2005), Shiovitz-Ezra and Leitsch (2010) did not establish significant association between age and loneliness using the 3-item R-UCLA.”
Loneliness and the health of older people (2008, background): “Other risk groups for loneliness have been identified, examples of which are: single parents, family caregivers, unemployed, low level of education, poor income, people who have moved recently, people who live alone, poor vision and loss of hearing (Perlman and Peplau, 1984; Savikko et al., 2005).”
Loneliness, Health, and Mortality in Old Age: A National Longitudinal Study (2012, neutral): “Research on loneliness, conducted mostly in Western countries, has shown that at any given time, twenty to forty percent of older adults report feeling lonely (De Jong Gierveld & Van Tilburg, 1999; Savikko et al., 2005; Theeke, 2009; Walker, 1993), and from”
Social isolation, loneliness and health in old age: a scoping review (2017, methodology): “Introduction An increasing number of older people are living alone and are at risk of being socially isolated (Victor et al. 2002, Savikko et al. 2005, Sundstr€om et al. 2009).”
Social Relationships and Health: The Toxic Effects of Perceived Social Isolation. (2014, background): “…2005; Pinquart & Sőrensen, 2003), higher education (Savikko, Routasalo, Tilvis, Strandberg, & Pitkala, 2005), and higher income (Andersson, 1998; Savikko et al., 2005); whereas higher levels of loneliness are associated with living alone (Routasalo, Savikko, Tilvis, Strandberg, & Pitkala,…”
Loneliness among older European adults: results from the survey of health, aging and retirement in Europe (2018, background): “…line with the above findings, poor health status has been found to predict feelings of loneliness among older Finnish adults aged 75 years and over (Savikko et al. 2005), whereas functional decline has also been significantly related to loneliness among oldest-old German individuals (Luhmann et…”
Measures of Social Isolation (2017, background): “Loneliness is associated with a low level of education and poor income (de Jong Gierveld and Van Tilburg 2010; Hawkley et al. 2005; and Savikko et al. 2005).”
The De Jong Gierveld short scales for emotional and social loneliness: tested on data from 7 countries in the UN generations and gender surveys (2010, neutral): “Low levels of income, and especially difficulties in making ends meet in a household, have been associated with chronic stressful situations (Savikko et al. 2005), the experience of being disadvantaged, less opportunities to”
Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011, background): “The related, but distinct concept of loneliness is reported to be experienced by approximately 40% of this age group [32-34].”
Social isolation: A conceptual and measurement proposal (2014, neutral): “Loneliness is associated with a low level of education and poor income (de Jong Gierveld and Van Tilburg 2010; Hawkley et al. 2008; and Savikko et al. 2005).”