The experience of loneliness in adults with acquired brain injury: a qualitative systematic review

Findings support conceptualisations of loneliness as a multidimensional construct influenced by factors at multiple levels. They also suggest experiences specific to ABI are associated with loneliness in this population. Future research and clinical practice require a better understanding of the different factors that influence survivors' experience of loneliness and address these through evidence based interventions that operate across individual, interpersonal and systemic levels.