Instruments of Korean versions to measure social isolation and loneliness in elderly
Scales | No. of items | Outcomes | Standardization |
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Korean version of the revised UCLA loneliness scale [29] | 20 | Loneliness (intimate others, social others, belonging & affiliation) | Cronbach’s alpha=0.93 |
Korean version of De Jong Gierveld Scale [33] | 6 | Loneliness (emotional, social) | |
Korean version of Lubben Social Network Scale [34] | 10 | Social network (principal components with 3 factors) | Cronbach’s alpha=0.75 Test-retest correlation coefficient=0.78 Pearson’s correlation coefficient: 0.58 |
*P<0.001.