Stroke Survivors Experience Elevated Levels of Loneliness: A Multi-Year Analysis of the National Survey for Wales

CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that elevated levels of loneliness poststroke are robust in that they replicate in large nationally representative samples and cannot be reduced to objective measures of social isolation. The work has clinical and societal relevance by suggesting that loneliness poststroke is unlikely to be adequately "treated" if only the quantity and not the quality of social experiences are considered.PMID:34189561 | DOI:10.1093/arclin/acab046

Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - June 30, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christopher Byrne Christopher W N Saville Rudi Coetzer Richard Ramsey Source Type: research