Primary health care practitioners' perception of patient loneliness in Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Kazutaka Yoshida (Author), Koki Nakamura (Author), Goro Hoshi (Author), Satoshi Kanke (Author), Aya Goto (Author), Ryuki Kassai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Loneliness is a serious social issue in Japan. We aimed to examine the frequency and patient characteristics of Japanese family physicians and nurses overlooking or misjudging patient loneliness. This cross-sectional study involved 470 patients aged 50 years or older who visited two family medicine...