Interventions to address social connectedness and loneliness for older adults: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults are at risk for loneliness, and interventions to promote social connectedness are needed to directly address this problem. The nature of interventions aimed to affect the distinct, subjective concepts of loneliness/social connectedness has not been clearly described. The purpose of this review was to map the literature on interventions and strategies to affect loneliness/social connectedness for older adults.

Methods

A comprehensive scoping review was conducted. Six electronic databases were searched from inception in July 2015, resulting in 5530 unique records. Standardized inclusion/exclusion criteria were applied, resulting in a set of 44 studies (reported in 54 articles) for further analysis. Data were extracted to describe the interventions and s

SUBMITTER: O'Rourke HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6139173 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature