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Going it alone: A scoping review of unbefriended older adults

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
    2016-11
  • Year Published
    2018
  • Quality Rating
    6/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United States (5); Canada
  • 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
    Other social services
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
  • Social system topic(s)
    Not applicable
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Chamberlain S, Baik S, Estabrooks C. Going it alone: A scoping review of unbefriended older adults. Canadian Journal on Aging. 2018;37(1):1-11.
  • DOI
    10.1017/S0714980817000563

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