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195 studies tagged loneliness, dated 1982-07-16 to 2026-10-29. Bibliography: BibTeX (.bib) · RIS (.ris)
Newest in this topic
- Elder Caregiving in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review of Cultural Norms, Care Burdens, Carer Support and Policy Gaps 2026-10-29
- Beyond “Denial”: Understanding and Responding to Help-Refusal in Dementia 2026-10-26
- Caregiving experiences of older-adult informal family caregivers for older adults with comorbid dementia and physical disability: A qualitative study using the caregiving stress-process model 2026-10-14
Studies
195 studies carry this tag.
Date range
1982 to 2026
Top journals
- The Gerontologist 15
- Research Square 14
- International journal of geriatric psychiatry 9
- Aging & mental health 8
- Dementia (London, England) 6
105 journals in all.
Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.
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Forty-eight studies from ten Southeast Asian countries were reviewed.
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Evidence for interventions that reduce refusal is strongest for music during personal care and modified bathing methods, with some support for positive communication and person-centred approaches, though quality is generally low and few studies involve family caregivers in community settings.
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Five core themes and fifteen corresponding sub-themes were extracted from interview transcripts: (1) Structural caregiving context, including family structural constraints, the influence of filial piety culture, and insufficient aged-care supply; (2) Multiple caregiving stressors, covering primary care burden, independent care decision-making pressure, restricted social engagement, and intra-family conflicts; (3) Limited buffering support resources, involving inadequate formal care services, insufficient informal assistance from relatives, and individual psychological coping strategies; (4) Negative caregiving experiences, including persistent physical exhaustion and sustained emotional depletion; (5) Dual perceptions of caregiving outcomes, consisting of emotional gains from kinship bonding, resistance to institutional care, and long-term anxiety about future care arrangements.
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People from UK South Asian communities experience barriers to accessing dementia care.
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Dementia dyads experience substantial informational, emotional, and practical support needs in the early stages of MCI and AD/ADRD.
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16/100
Depressive and anxiety symptoms were more pronounced among caregivers with longer caregiving duration (p = 0.01; p = 0.001) and those living with the care recipient (p = 0.04; p = 0.02).
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Our study delivers ambivalent results for the efficacy of care management for caregivers.
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Dementia public stigma was associated with education, dementia knowledge, media exposure, chronic diseases, and contact experience with people living with dementia.
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Three interrelated themes emerged: relational foundations of caregiving, multidimensional struggles of caregiving, and benefits of caregiving.
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Our results showed that caregiving burden was negatively associated with the sense of ability..
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Older adults in senior living communities (SLCs) often face barriers to maintaining emotional well-being and family ties.
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Drama therapy is in an accelerated growth phase, with substantial scholarly expansion expected over the next two decades.
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Caregiver narratives were predominantly negative (89.3% of posts; mean valence - 0.46), with interpretable structure.
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Four main themes emerged from the data: 1) the unseen challenges of caregiving; 2) knowledge and experiences lead to stronger self-confidence; 3) the power of peer influence on caregiving; and 4) pursuing better support for carers.
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The culturally adapted CSP enhanced self-efficacy among Chinese Australian carers of people with dementia, but not carer burden, quality of life and approach to dementia care.
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Although caregivers demonstrated resilience and adaptive coping, YOD caregiving in Singapore remained constrained by limited access to visible, tailored, and age-appropriate support.
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Caregiving for older adults with dementia in Northern Ethiopia is a totalizing and demanding experience that profoundly affects caregivers’ lives.
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We included 23 studies with qualitative (73.9%) or quantitative/mixed-methods (26.1%) designs.
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Persons with dementia (PWD) and their care partners experience multidimensional care transitions across the illness trajectory.
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Dementia is a growing global concern, with informal caregivers, typically unpaid family members or friends, providing essential support to those living with the condition.
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Wearable devices may facilitate the measurement and treatment of specific BPSD, as well as reduce caregiver burden.
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A total of 228 articles were screened at the title and abstract levels, and 120 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility. 23 eligible studies were included in the narrative synthesis.
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An initial database search yielded 3,977 studies of which 22 were included in this review.
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Interventions for family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) incorporate diverse elements, but drivers of success are unclear.
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Social connectedness is important for maintaining cognitive function and cognitive health in older age.
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The employed family caregivers juggle caregiving and work responsibilities constantly, highlighting a growing concern for their financial and professional well-being.
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Baseline assessments were conducted on 133 family caregivers of veterans living with dementia.
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The mean age of the patients was 73.1 ± 11.7, and the time since diagnosis was 3.9 ± 3.1 years; 64.8% had Alzheimer's type dementia, and 53.4% (n = 47) had mild dementia.
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Contrary to expectations, pain and mental health measures for PLWAD displayed a trend toward negative correlation with their hair cortisol levels.
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43/100
Out-of-pocket costs of dementia care were collected via a web-based weekly survey for up to 18 months.
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50/100
The PWD and ICG interviews provided insight into the positive impacts of VP, challenges of VP, program barriers, program facilitating factors, and suggestions for future improvement for the OSCC55 + VPs.
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Four major themes emerged: forgetting to eat, developing food aversions, strong preferences for sweets and weight changes.
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54/100
The result of the validity test of the CNA-D instrument, Indonesian version, obtained a high value for content validity.
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The mean score for affiliate stigma of dementia family caregivers was 48.09 ± 16.38 (range: 22-86).
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Family caregivers of older adults living with severe dementia had the highest baseline Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) score of 27.7 which decreased to 25.0 (p < .05); family caregivers of those living with moderate dementia had a baseline ZBI score of 24.3 which decreased to 20.4 (p < .01); and family caregivers of those living with mild dementia had the lowest baseline ZBI score of 21.0, which decreased to 18.0 (p < .01).
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People with early-stage AD and their spousal caregivers provided support to each other often.
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A total of 5971 titles were reviewed and 60 studies were included in the analysis, 36 RCTs and 24 observational studies.
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This cross-sectional study explores caregivers' perceptions of feeding/eating difficulties in persons living with dementia, their support provisions, and the associated burdens.
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The predictors of the Social Loneliness factors were as follows; 1) perceived social support (R2 = 0.33): Neuroticism (β= 0.353), depression (β= 0.205), and perceived health (β= 0.133); 2) social participation (R2 = 0.24): Conscientiousness (β= -0.344) and Extraversion (β= -0.263); 3) use of communication technologies (R2 = 0.44): age (β= 0.409), type of cohabitation (β= 0.331), cognitive reserve (β= -0.303), and Conscientiousness (β= -0.247); all p < 0.05.
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50/100
Adjusted for functional impairments and sociodemographic variables, neuropsychiatric symptoms were associated with more caregiver burden (p < 0.001).
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This review describes associations between dementia and loneliness on the neurobiological and epidemiological levels according to the recent body of literature.
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This is the first study adopting the multiphase optimisation strategy to identify the most active and engaging components of a psychological intervention for caregivers of patients with dementia.
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Testing interventions in real-world settings requires fidelity monitoring to ensure implementation integrity.
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79/100
Caregivers often prioritize the needs of the care recipient and neglect their own health needs.
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The treatment group had no EM after intervention completion (assessed at 3-month follow-up), a significantly lower rate than the control group (treatment = 0%, control = 23.1%, p = 0.010).
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Breakdown (coded as 0) was associated with caregivers changing topic (median = -11.45, 95% credibility interval [CrI; -24.34, -4.37]), ignoring (median = -11.49, 95% CrI [-24.49, -4.72]), giving commands (median = -10.74, 95% CrI [-24.22, -3.38]), and taking over the task (median = -4.06, 95% CrI [-7.28, -1.77]).
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Average caregiver burden on the ZBI was 36.1 (SD = 14.6; range = 12-58).
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We included 60 AD individuals-caregivers dyads.
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Four major themes emerged: Methods of Support, Cultural Expectations and Varying Family Contributions, Lack of Self-Care, and Awareness.
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48/100
Three themes were identified; 1) intersectionality in the Korean American caregiver experience, 2) complex family dynamics, and 3) dementia care barriers and caregiver support needs.
From across this tag
8 of the 195 studies in this tag, picked by a fixed rule (a hash of each study's address), not by score or date; each page of this list shows a different 8. The same 8 appear here every time.
- Patient and caregiver characteristics associated with caregiver burden in Parkinson's disease: a palliative care approach
- The Dynamics of Caregiving for a Demented Elder Among Black and White Families
- Process Evaluation of the NYU Caregiver Intervention-Adult Child
- Burden among family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease in nursing homes
- Patient and caregiver outcomes at the integrated memory care clinic
- Social isolation and loneliness in old age: Exploring their role in mental and physical health
- Dementia Caregiving Experiences and Health Across Geographic Contexts by Race and Ethnicity
- Family caregiver support groups: spiritual reflections' impact on stress management