Old age and loneliness:: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in the tampere longitudinal study on aging
Old age and loneliness:: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in the tampere longitudinal study on aging
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DOI：
10.1353/cja.2004.0023
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Jylhä, M
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作者：
Jylhä, M
这项研究的目的是研究老年是否与60岁及以上人群的孤独感增加有关。数据来自TamELSA，这是一项在芬兰坦佩雷进行的基于人群的前瞻性纵向研究。随访时间为20年。孤独是通过一个问题来衡量的--“你感到孤独吗？“--经常、有时或从不给出可能的答案。横断面分析表明，感到孤独的受试者的百分比增加到老年组，但在多变量分析中，只有家庭组成和社会参与独立与孤独。纵向分析表明，孤独感随着年龄的增长而增加。在10年的时间里，孤独感在那些已婚并与配偶单独生活的人中增加得最多。总之，只有少数老年人持续遭受孤独感。孤独症确实会随着年龄的增长而增加，不是因为年龄本身，而是因为残疾的增加和社会融合的减少。
The purpose of this study was to examine whether older age is associated with increasing loneliness in people aged 60 and over. Data came from TamELSA, a population-based prospective longitudinal study in Tampere, Finland. The follow-up time was 20 years. Loneliness was measured by a single question - "Do you feel lonely?" - with the possible answers often, sometimes, or never. Cross-sectional analysis showed that the percentage of subjects feeling lonely increased toward older age groups, but in a multivariate analysis, only household composition and social participation were independently associated with loneliness. Longitudinal analysis showed that loneliness increased with higher age. Over a 10-year period, loneliness increased most in those who, at baseline, were married and living alone with their spouse. In conclusion, only a minority of older people continuously suffer from loneliness. Loneliness does increase with age, not because of age per se, but because of increasing disability and decreasing social integration.