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Patients' Loneliness: A Challenge for Rehabilitation Nurses
Article first published online: 3 SEP 2012
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.1992.tb01255.x
1992 Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
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Acorn, S. and Bampton, E. (1992), Patients' Loneliness: A Challenge for Rehabilitation Nurses. Rehabilitation Nursing, 17: 22–25. doi: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.1992.tb01255.x
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- Issue published online: 3 SEP 2012
- Article first published online: 3 SEP 2012
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The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of loneliness felt by young and middle-aged adults in a long-term rehabilitation center and the relationship among such variables as loneliness, age, and length of institutionalization. A convenience sample was taken from a long-term rehabilitation center in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Findings indicate that loneliness is present among young and middle-aged adults in this long-term rehabilitation center and is more prevalent among those who have been admitted more recently. Nursing intervention strategies to deal with loneliness are presented.