The negative impact of loneliness on the health of the elderly is particularly noticeable because of the effects of central control on the autonomic nervous system. Such an impact can be assessed through heart rate variability (HRV) analysis and can be modified using HRV biofeedback training. This...
Davies, N., Crowe, M., & Whitehead, L. (2016). Establishing routines to cope with the loneliness associated with widowhood: A narrative analysis.Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,23(8), 532–539.https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12339 ArticleGoogle Scholar de Díaz, Á. (2011)...
Further, marital status had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between social isolation, loneliness, and psychological well-being. Conclusions The findings of the study can be incorporated into measures aiming at alleviation of feelings of social isolation and loneliness among the elderly. ...
Loneliness as a public health issue: The impact of loneliness on health care utilization among older adults Am J Public Health, 105 (2015), pp. 1013-1019 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar 17 D.L. Gerritsen, R.C. Oude Voshaar The effects of the COVID-19 virus on mental healthcare for older...
With the prolongation of the life expectancy of the Chinese population and the intensification of the aging process of the population, the mental health problems of the elderly have become increasingly prominent. This study aims to explore whether self-e
between the neighborhood effect and the health of the older adults can be explored by analyzing the data of individuals and the community. In terms of data processing, first, delete the samples under 60 years old in the CHARLS 2018 survey to ensure that the research objects are elderly ...
Frailty Assessment and Its Impact on Loneliness among Older Adults Receiving Home-Based Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of frailty on loneliness among older adults receiving home care, in correlation to their socioeconomic... C Kleisi...
As an important part of urban public open space, pocket parks have become an important activity place for the elderly in the context of the aging society in China. With the pocket parks in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China as research object, this paper set six landscape features to be studie...
Loneliness has been defined as a “distressing feeling that accompanies the perception that one’s social needs are not being met by the quantity or especially the quality of one’s social relationships” (Hawkley and Cacioppo2010, 218). ...
Social isolation and loneliness, objective and subjective features of dysfunctional social relationships, are more prevalent in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) than in the general population. This study aimed to explore sex differences in loneliness an