Yang, Keming, Armstrong, Nicole, Diamond, Clare, Lane, Alison R. and Dunne, Stephen (2022) The meaning of loneliness to stroke survivors: A qualitative study in Northeast England. Journal of Health Psychology, 27 (11). pp. 2539-2548. ISSN 1359-1053
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Abstract
This study explored stroke survivors’ experiences of loneliness. Drawing on interviews with 29 community-dwelling stroke survivors living in the Northeast of England, we found several themes: loneliness as being alone, the season or time, lack of understanding from those without any experience of stroke, reduced autonomy, and deterioration of social relations. It is important that healthcare professionals pay attention to the aspects of life that may increase the chances of a stroke survivor becoming lonely after being discharged from hospital, and to measure loneliness in stroke survivors a more valid scale should include items that touch on the aspects reported here.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Supplemental material Supplemental materials for this article (including consent form, interview transcripts, etc.) are available online at OSF (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JFMY5). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | loneliness, qualitative methods, social isolation, stigma, stroke |
| Subjects: | C800 Psychology |
| Department: | Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Elena Carlaw |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2022 16:04 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2022 10:45 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48103 |
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