Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1107111
The Association between Loneliness and Health Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) among Community- Dwelling Older Citizens
The Association between Loneliness and Health Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) among Community- Dwelling Older Citizens // International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (2020), 2; 600, 12 doi:10.3390/ijerph17020600 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
The Association between Loneliness and Health
Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) among Community-
Dwelling Older Citizens
Autori
Tan, Siok Swan ; Fierloos, Irene N. ; Zhang, Xuxi ; Koppelaar, Elin ; Alhambra-Borras, Tamara ; Rentoumis, Tasos ; Williams, Greg ; Rukavina, Tomislav ; van Staveren, Rob ; Garces-Ferrer, Jordi ; Franse, Carmen B. ; Raat, Hein
Izvornik
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1661-7827) 17
(2020), 2;
600, 12
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
community-dwelling older citizens ; emotional loneliness ; health related quality of life ; loneliness ; social loneliness
Sažetak
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 ± 5.6 ; 61% females) were analyzed. Among the participants, 1007 (46%) were lonely ; 627 (29%) were emotionally and 575 (27%) socially lonely. Participants who were lonely experienced a lower HR-QoL than participants who were not lonely (p ≤ 0.001). Emotional loneliness [std-β: -1.39 ; 95%-CI: -1.88 to -0.91] and social loneliness [-0.95 ; -1.44 to -0.45] were both associated with a lower physical HR-QoL. Emotional loneliness [-3.73 ; -4.16 to -3.31] and social loneliness [-1.84 ; -2.27 to -1.41] were also both associated with a lower mental HR-QoL. Conclusions: We found a negative association between loneliness and HR-QoL, especially between emotional loneliness and mental HR-QoL. This finding indicates that older citizens who miss an intimate or intense emotional relationship and interventions targeting mental HR-QoL deserve more attention in policy and practice than in the past.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita
