Instruments for Assessing Loneliness in Older People in Portugal: A Scoping Review: Instrumentos de avaliação da solidão em adultos mais velhos em Portugal: uma scoping review.
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Abstract
Background: Loneliness is a public health problem that affects many older adults. The subjective nature of loneliness challenges its assessment. Thus, assessing loneliness with valid and reliable instruments is crucial to characterizing the phenomenon and planning adequate interventions.
Summary: This study mapped the instruments validated for the Portuguese older population that assess loneliness. A scoping review was performed. The search for studies was carried out in SciELO, PsycInfo, Scopus, MEDLINE, MedicLatina, Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive, CINAHL, and Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal. The findings showed three instruments validated for the Portuguese older population: ULS-16, ULS-6, and SELSA-S.
Key messages: Future testing of those instruments is required to update and accumulate psychometric evidence. In addition, it is important to translate and validate other instruments to the Portuguese older adults population, namely de Jong Gierveld and UCLA-R (most used internationally), as well as the ALONE scale (new and brief).
背景:孤独是影响许多老年人的公共卫生问题。孤独的主观性对其评估提出了挑战。因此，用有效和可靠的工具评估孤独对于描述现象和规划适当的干预措施至关重要。摘要:本研究绘制了葡萄牙老年人评估孤独感的有效工具。执行了范围审查。在SciELO、PsycInfo、Scopus、MEDLINE、MedicLatina、Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive、CINAHL和Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal中进行了研究检索。研究结果显示有三种仪器适用于葡萄牙老年人:ULS-16、ULS-6和SELSA-S。关键信息:这些仪器的未来测试需要更新和积累心理测量证据。此外，为葡萄牙老年人翻译和验证其他工具也很重要，即de Jong Gierveld和UCLA-R(国际上最常用)，以及ALONE量表(新的和简短的)。
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