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

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Full-text report
    Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2015-07
  • Year Published
    2018
  • Quality Rating
    3/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United States (20); Netherlands (10); Australia (5); United Kingdom (5); Finland (3); Canada (2); Sweden (2); Taiwan (2); Croatia (1); New Zealand (1); United Kingdom (1); Western European and Others Group (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    Not applicable
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Community and social services
    Community services
    Community development
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
    17. Partnerships for the goals
  • Social system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    How services are designed to meet citizens’ needs
    Group services
    Implementation strategies
    Citizen-targeted strategy
    Skills and competencies development
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    O'Rourke HM, Collins L, Sidani S. Interventions to address social connectedness and loneliness for older adults: A scoping review. BMC Geriatrics. 2018;18:214.
  • DOI
    10.1186/s12877-018-0897-x

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