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ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA
卷 39, 期 3, 页码 465-477出版社
UNIV MURCIA
DOI: 10.6018/analesps.530641
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Emotional loneliness; Social loneliness; Nursing homes; Older adults; Social isolation
This study analyzed the loneliness and its associated factors in 65 residents of 5 nursing homes in Central Catalonia, Spain. The prevalence of overall loneliness among the residents was almost 71%. Overall loneliness was associated with lower perceived quality of life and state subsidized nursing homes, social loneliness was associated with having 0-1 children, and emotional loneliness was associated with depression and urinary incontinence.
Loneliness, little studied in Nursing Homes (NHs), can affect physical and mental health. We aimed to analyze the factors associated with overall, social, and emotional loneliness in 65 residents of 5 NHs from Central Catalonia (Spain), and to verify its prevalence. The sample consisted of 81.5% women with a mean age of 84 +/- 7.13 years. The cross-sectional study included older adults aged 65 or over and with preserved cognitive status. De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale was used to assess overall loneliness and its subtypes; and sociodemographic and health-related variables were collected. The chi-square (or Fisher's) test and logistic regression were used for bivariate and multivariate analysis respectively. Prevalence of overall loneliness was 70.7% (95%CI:58.2-81.4), social loneliness 44.6% (95% CI: 33.1-56.6) and emotional loneliness 46.2% (95% CI: 34.5-58.1). Overall loneliness was associated with lower perceived quality of life (Odds Ratio-OR = 5.52, 95% CI:1.25-24.38) and NHs with state subsidized places ( OR = 0.19, 95% CI:.05-.74); social loneliness with having 0-1 children (OR =.25, 95% CI:.08-.77), and emotional loneliness with depression (OR = 4.54, 95% CI: 1.28-16.08) and urinary incontinence (UI) (OR = 4.65, 95% CI: 1.23-17.52). Loneliness was present in almost 71% of residents and was associated with type of NH and poorer quality of life, the emotional with depression and UI and the social one with having less than 2 children.
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