Social isolation and loneliness: Differences between older rural and urban manitobans
Social isolation and loneliness: Differences between older rural and urban manitobans
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DOI：
10.1353/cja.2004.0022
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
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1.9
通讯作者：
Jivan, T
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作者：
Havens, B;Hall, M;Jivan, T
本文的目的是确定老年农村和城市成年人的社会隔离和孤独的预测因素。利用1996年马尼托巴省老龄化研究（N= 1868，年龄范围72-104）的数据，分别构建了农村和城市子样本的多元回归模型，使用生活空间指数（LSI）作为衡量社会隔离的一个结果，并使用作者从项目组合中创建的孤独指数作为衡量孤独的第二个结果。发现不同的因素可以预测两个子样本的结果。以隔离为结果的模型为农村子样本产生了5个预测因子，为城市子样本产生了3个预测因子。只有独居对两组人来说是一样的。以孤独为结果的模型为农村子样本产生了五个预测因子，为城市子样本产生了两个预测因子，同样只有一个共同因素——四种或更多的慢性疾病。我们得出结论，健康和社会因素是社会隔离和孤独的重要预测因素，对这些因素的敏感性可能会改善老年人的体验。
The purpose of this paper was to identify predictors of social isolation and loneliness for very old rural and urban adults. With data from the 1996 Aging in Manitoba Study (N=1,868; age range 72-104), separate multiple regression models were constructed for rural and urban sub-samples, using the life space index (LSI) to measure social isolation as one outcome, and a loneliness index created by the authors from a combination of items to measure loneliness as a second outcome. Different factors were found to predict the outcomes for the two sub-samples. The models with isolation as the outcome produced five predictors for the rural sub-sample and three for the urban sub-sample. Only living alone was the same for both groups. The models with loneliness as the outcome produced five predictors for the rural sub-sample and two for the urban sub-sample, again with only one factor in common - four or more chronic illnesses. We conclude that health and social factors are important predictors of social isolation and loneliness, and sensitivity to these factors may improve the experience of older adults.