ArticleArchives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists2022
Stroke Survivors Experience Elevated Levels of Loneliness: A Multi-Year Analysis of the National Survey for Wales.
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- A randomized controlled trial of online mindfulness-based stress reduction in chronic stroke.Rehabilitation psychology · 2026Trial
- Exploring experiences of loneliness among stroke survivors living in the community: a secondary qualitative analysis.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- The association of social isolation and family structure on stroke-specific quality of life in a community-based study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Changes in Frailty, Depression, and Loneliness among Stroke Survivors and Their Spouses.Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Short-Term Facility-Based Functional Electrical Stimulation for Chronic Post-Stroke Foot Drop: A Pilot Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Neurology of social graces in patients with language deficits.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2026Article
- Testing a conceptual framework of loneliness, social isolation and health outcomes in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Can Survivors of Stroke Use a Co-Designed Website Aimed at Improving Physical Activity Levels and Diet Quality to Reduce the Risk of Recurrent Stroke? A Feasibility and Usability Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- "I moved from simply being to actively living." A qualitative study on peer mentorship camps for adults with acquired brain injury.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
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- Loneliness and Social Isolation in the Care of the Seriously Ill Older Adult.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2025Review
- 'They think we're just in God's waiting room': A discursive study on identity aloneness in stroke survivors.Health (London, England : 1997) · 2025Article
- Topic: Evaluation and Treatment of Social Isolation and Loneliness: Evidence-based Recommendations for Stroke and Neurological Rehabilitation.Current physical medicine and rehabilitation reports · 2025Article
- The Impact of Self-Perceived Burden on Loneliness in Stroke Patients: The Mediating Role of Rumination.Patient related outcome measures · 2025Article
- Study on the mechanism of family resilience on loneliness in older adults with stroke.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A UK national cross-sectional survey of stroke support groups: exploring the role of social identification and group processes in reducing loneliness.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Cognitive Processing Speed and Loneliness in Stroke Survivors: Insights from a Large-Scale Cohort Study.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2024Article
- Feeling lonely and dissatisfied - understanding social network functioning in stroke survivors.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Experiencing Cerebrovascular Diseases like Stroke and Fear of Falling: Longitudinal Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Longitudinal Investigation of the Association Between Stroke and Loneliness.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveDespite clinical observation that stroke survivors frequently experience loneliness, there is no large-scale empirical evidence to support this observation. Therefore, the primary objective of this research was to provide the first large-scale and comprehensive estimate of loneliness in the stroke survivor population.
methodTo address this issue, we completed two preregistered analyses of a nationally representative annual survey (N > 21,000). A two-phase approach was adopted combining both exploratory (Study 1) and confirmatory (Study 2) phases. The benefit of such an approach is that replication is built into the design, which considerably strengthens the inferences that can be made.
resultsAcross two separate cohorts, the results consistently showed that human stroke survivors report higher levels of loneliness compared with healthy individuals, and this relationship could not be accounted for by demographic factors (e.g., age, sex) or objective measures of social isolation (e.g., marital status, number of household members).
conclusionsThese 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.
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