What works in interventions targeting loneliness: a systematic review of intervention characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Loneliness has been linked to negative health and economic outcomes across the life course. Health effects span both physical and mental health outcomes, including negative health behaviours, lower well-being, and increased mortality. Loneliness is however preventable with effective intervention. This systematic review aims to identify what has worked in interventions for loneliness to guide the development of future interventions.

Methods

Eight electronic databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Social Policy and Practice, Social Sciences Citation Index, Epistemonikos, CINAHL, Cochrane Library) were systematically searched from inception to February 2022 using terms for intervention and loneliness to identify relevant interventions in the general population. No rest

SUBMITTER: Morrish N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature