title: Patients' loneliness: a challenge for rehabilitation nurses.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Acorn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bampton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012307:Risk Factors