Centrality of social ties to the health and well-being of older adults

By J. Lubben. 2003

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The Effect of Information Communication Technology Interventions on Reducing Social Isolation in the Elderly: A Systematic Review (2016, unknown): “Sansoni et al [61] found the following 4 instruments of social isolation to be the leading ones in the literature: the Lubben Social Network Scale [62-64], the de Jong-Gierveld Loneliness Scale [55-56], the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey [65], and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceive”
Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011, background): “Alternate definitions of social isolation incorporate both ‘structural’ and ‘functional’ social support [10,11].”
Performance of an abbreviated version of the Lubben Social Network Scale among three European community-dwelling older adult populations. (2006, background): “It is noteworthy that the proportion of those identified as high risk of social isolation approximated the data previously reported by Lubben and associates (Lubben & Gironda, 2003a; Rubinstein et al., 1994).”
Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Hong Kong: The Role of Social Support from Grandchildren (2010, background): “Social support for older adults is conceptualized as coming from three main sources family, friends, and/or significant others (Lubben and Gironda 2003).”