Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention

To develop and evaluate the Loneliness Literacy Scale for the assessment of short-term outcomes of a loneliness prevention programme among Dutch elderly persons. Scale development was based on evidence from literature and experiences from local stakeholders and representatives of the target group. T...

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Main Authors:	Honigh-de Vlaming, Rianne, Haveman-Nies, Annemien, Bos-Oude Groeniger, Inge, Hooft van Huysduynen, Eveline J. C., de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M., van’t Veer, Pieter
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Netherlands 2013
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971461/

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spelling	pubmed-39714612014-04-02 Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention Honigh-de Vlaming, Rianne Haveman-Nies, Annemien Bos-Oude Groeniger, Inge Hooft van Huysduynen, Eveline J. C. de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M. van’t Veer, Pieter Article To develop and evaluate the Loneliness Literacy Scale for the assessment of short-term outcomes of a loneliness prevention programme among Dutch elderly persons. Scale development was based on evidence from literature and experiences from local stakeholders and representatives of the target group. The scale was pre-tested among 303 elderly persons aged 65 years and over. Principal component analysis and internal consistency analysis were used to affirm the scale structure, reduce the number of items and assess the reliability of the constructs. Linear regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the association between the literacy constructs and loneliness. The four constructs “motivation”, “self-efficacy”, “perceived social support” and “subjective norm” derived from principal component analysis captured 56 % of the original variance. Cronbach’s coefficient α was above 0.7 for each construct. The constructs “self-efficacy” and “perceived social support” were positively and “subjective norm” was negatively associated with loneliness. To our knowledge this is the first study developing a short-term indicator for loneliness prevention. The indicator contributes to the need of evaluating public health interventions more close to the intervention activities. Springer Netherlands 2013-04-03 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3971461/ /pubmed/24707071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0322-y Text en © The Author(s) 2013 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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language	English
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author	Honigh-de Vlaming, Rianne Haveman-Nies, Annemien Bos-Oude Groeniger, Inge Hooft van Huysduynen, Eveline J. C. de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M. van’t Veer, Pieter
spellingShingle	Honigh-de Vlaming, Rianne Haveman-Nies, Annemien Bos-Oude Groeniger, Inge Hooft van Huysduynen, Eveline J. C. de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M. van’t Veer, Pieter Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention
author_facet	Honigh-de Vlaming, Rianne Haveman-Nies, Annemien Bos-Oude Groeniger, Inge Hooft van Huysduynen, Eveline J. C. de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M. van’t Veer, Pieter
author_sort	Honigh-de Vlaming, Rianne
title	Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention
title_short	Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention
title_full	Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention
title_fullStr	Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention
title_full_unstemmed	Loneliness Literacy Scale: Development and Evaluation of an Early Indicator for Loneliness Prevention
title_sort	loneliness literacy scale: development and evaluation of an early indicator for loneliness prevention
description	To develop and evaluate the Loneliness Literacy Scale for the assessment of short-term outcomes of a loneliness prevention programme among Dutch elderly persons. Scale development was based on evidence from literature and experiences from local stakeholders and representatives of the target group. The scale was pre-tested among 303 elderly persons aged 65 years and over. Principal component analysis and internal consistency analysis were used to affirm the scale structure, reduce the number of items and assess the reliability of the constructs. Linear regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the association between the literacy constructs and loneliness. The four constructs “motivation”, “self-efficacy”, “perceived social support” and “subjective norm” derived from principal component analysis captured 56 % of the original variance. Cronbach’s coefficient α was above 0.7 for each construct. The constructs “self-efficacy” and “perceived social support” were positively and “subjective norm” was negatively associated with loneliness. To our knowledge this is the first study developing a short-term indicator for loneliness prevention. The indicator contributes to the need of evaluating public health interventions more close to the intervention activities.
publisher	Springer Netherlands
publishDate	2013
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971461/
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