{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(4)"],"submitter":["Christoffersen LA"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>To examine the level of loneliness experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark and to identify associated behavioural patterns and demographic factors.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Includes Danish active and former blood donors.<h4>Participants</h4>A questionnaire was sent to 124 307 active and former blood donors, of these a total of 50 968 participants completed the study questionnaire (response rate=41%).<h4>Primary and secondary outcome measures</h4>Subjective experience of loneliness was measured using the 3-item University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3). Besides the UCLA-3, the respondents answered items on sociodemographic and economic characteristics, items on precautionary measures taken to avoid COVID-"],"journal":["BMJ open"],"pagination":["e064033"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10151242"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Experience of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of 50 968 adult Danes."],"pmcid":["PMC10151242"],"pubmed_authors":["Erikstrup C","Nissen J","Kaspersen KA","Schwinn M","Hjalgrim H","Ostrowski SR","Dinh KM","Christoffersen LA","Sækmose S","Hansen TF","Bruun MT","Werge T","Pedersen OB","Helenius D","Didriksen M","Banasik K","Nielsen K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Experience of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of 50 968 adult Danes.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>To examine the level of loneliness experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark and to identify associated behavioural patterns and demographic factors.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Includes Danish active and former blood donors.<h4>Participants</h4>A questionnaire was sent to 124 307 active and former blood donors, of these a total of 50 968 participants completed the study questionnaire (response rate=41%).<h4>Primary and secondary outcome measures</h4>Subjective experience of loneliness was measured using the 3-item University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3). Besides the UCLA-3, the respondents answered items on sociodemographic and economic characteristics, items on precautionary measures taken to avoid COVID-","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Apr","modification":"2025-04-21T22:42:03.618Z","creation":"2025-04-05T18:54:23.762Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10151242","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37185636"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064033"]}}