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

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Full-text report

Full-text report (free)
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2015
Year Published

2018
Quality Rating

Not yet available
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (20); Netherlands (10); Australia (5); UK (5); Finland (3); Canada (2); Sweden (2); Taiwan (2); Croatia (1); New Zealand (1); Other (1); UK (England) (1)
Global/regional focus

WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
Country focus

USA (20); Netherlands (10); Australia (5); UK (5); Finland (3); Canada (2); Sweden (2); Taiwan (2); Croatia (1); New Zealand (1); Other (1); UK (England) (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Community
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(1):e214.
DOI

10.1186/s12877-018-0897-x

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