Academic Journal
Prevalence of Loneliness in Older Adults: A Scoping Review
| العنوان: | Prevalence of Loneliness in Older Adults: A Scoping Review |
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| المؤلفون: | Schroyen, Sarah, Janssen, N., Duffner, L. A., Veenstra, M., Pyrovolaki, Effrosyni, Salmon, Eric, Adam, Stéphane |
| المصدر: | Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, 1-12 (2023-09-14) |
| بيانات النشر: | Hindawi Limited, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Policy, Sociology and Political Science, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Social & behavioral sciences, psychology, Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie |
| الوصف: | Objectives. To review the prevalence of loneliness (during/after COVID-19) in older people. Design. Scoping review using Medline and PsycInfo for worldwide prevalence estimates (white published literature search) and Google for prevalence data inside the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (grey literature). Setting. Worldwide prevalence estimates and a focus on the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. Participants. Papers published between 2016 and 2022 and a mean age of minimum of 65 years. Measurements. Prevalence estimates for older people. Results. The white literature search yielded 37 articles. Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, loneliness estimates were the highest in Nigeria (46%) and the lowest in Australia (5%) (mean prevalence was 25.6%). Loneliness was reported to be higher in specific populations, for example, people living in specific communities such as senior housing communities or with impairments, than in the general population, with a mean prevalence estimate of 47.8%. During COVID-19, the prevalence of loneliness was higher than that before the pandemic: we observed a mean prevalence of 39.4%, in comparison to 25.6 before COVID-19. The grey literature search showed that, compared to Belgium and the Netherlands (13.5% and 36.5%, respectively), loneliness estimates were the lowest in Germany, with a mean prevalence of 7.7%. Conclusion. Large international differences in the prevalence of loneliness were observed between countries and populations studied. Several hypotheses could explain such differences, including sociocultural or historical-political characteristics. Without surprise, the pandemic and associated measures were linked to a higher level of loneliness. Furthermore, recommendations for addressing loneliness, including interventions, are discussed. Interreg, project number EMR 147 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 article peer reviewed |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/hsc/2023/7726692.pdf; 10.1155/2023/7726692; urn:issn:0966-0410; urn:issn:1365-2524 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2023/7726692 |
| URL الوصول: | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/306584 |
| Rights: | open access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsorb.306584 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ORBi |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2023/7726692 |
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