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Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
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. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020600
Tan, Siok Swan; Fierloos, Irene N.; Zhang, Xuxi; Koppelaar, Elin; Alhambra-Borrás, Tamara; Rentoumis, Tasos; Williams, Greg; Rukavina, Tomislav; van Staveren, Rob; Garces-Ferrer, Jordi; Franse, Carmen Betsy; Raat, Hein

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Tan, S. S., Fierloos, I. N., Zhang, X., Koppelaar, E., Alhambra Borrás, T., Rentoumis, T. ... Raat, H. (2020). 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. (2). doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020600

Tan, Siok Swan, et al. "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, vol. 17, no. 2, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020600

Tan, Siok Swan, Irene N. Fierloos, Xuxi Zhang, Elin Koppelaar, Tamara Alhambra Borrás, Tasos Rentoumis, Greg Williams, et al. "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, no. 2 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020600

Tan, S. S., et al. (2020) '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(2). doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020600

Tan SS, Fierloos IN, Zhang X, Koppelaar E, Alhambra Borrás T, Rentoumis T, and sur.. 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 [Internet]. 2020 January 17 [cited 2024 April 19];17(2). doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020600

S. S. Tan, et al., "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, vol. 17, no. 2, January 2020. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:744126. [Accessed: 19 April 2024]

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Title (english)The Association between Loneliness and Health Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) among Community-Dwelling Older Citizens
AuthorSiok Swan Tan
AuthorIrene N. Fierloos
AuthorXuxi Zhang
AuthorElin Koppelaar
AuthorTamara Alhambra-Borrás
AuthorTasos Rentoumis
AuthorGreg Williams
AuthorTomislav Rukavina
AuthorRob van Staveren
AuthorJordi Garces-Ferrer
AuthorCarmen Betsy Franse
AuthorHein Raat
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Public Health and Health Care
Public Health
Abstract (english)
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.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Numberingvol. 17, no. 2, 600
e-ISSN1660-4601
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020600
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:744126
Publication2020-01-17
Document URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/600
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