Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: Loneliness: across the Domains c/o BMJ

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Friday, October 28, 2016

Loneliness: across the Domains c/o BMJ

individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic -------------------------------------------  mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group-population

isolation

loneliness

mental health

feelings  identity  meaning

motivation - behaviour

SUBJECTIVITY

physical health, coronary heart disease , stroke

mortality

longitudinal observational studies

meta-analysis

systematic review

OBJECTIVITY

social network

 family - relationships - befriending

social isolation

quality of life

family - community cohesion

social enterprise

SOCIO-

policy

social care provision

day centers

mobility - transport

volunteering

public - funding - private

economic


Valtorta, N.K., Kanaan, M., Gilbody, S., et al. (2016). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal observational studiesHeart. Published Online First: [April 18, 2016]. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308790

My original source:
Smyth, C. Warning: loneliness as bad for your health as tobacco & Scourge of Loneliness. The Times, 20 April 2016, p.4 and 20.