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Stroke survivors' experiences of loneliness involve being alone, lack of understanding from those without stroke experience, reduced autonomy, and deterioration of social relations.
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This study explored stroke survivors' experiences of loneliness. Drawing on interviews with 29 community-dwelling stroke survivors living in the Northeast of England, we found several themes: loneliness as being alone, the season or time, lack of understanding from those without any experience of stroke, reduced autonomy, and deterioration of social relations. It is important that healthcare professionals pay attention to the aspects of life that may increase the chances of a stroke survivor becoming lonely after being discharged from hospital, and to measure loneliness in stroke survivors a more valid scale should include items that touch on the aspects reported here.
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Yang et al. (2021) studied Stroke (n=29). Loneliness was evaluated on Experiences of loneliness. Stroke survivors' experiences of loneliness involve being alone, lack of understanding from those without stroke experience, reduced autonomy, and deterioration of social relations.
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