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| Title |
Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-14-106 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jitka Pikhartova, Ann Bowling, Christina Victor |
| Abstract |
Pet ownership is thought to make a positive contribution to health, health behaviours and the general well-being of older people. More specifically pet ownership is often proposed as a solution to the problem of loneliness in later life and specific 'pet based' interventions have been developed to combat loneliness. However the evidence to support this relationship is slim and it is assumed that pet ownership is a protection against loneliness rather than a response to loneliness. The aim of this paper is to examine the association between pet ownership and loneliness by exploring if pet ownership is a response to, or protection against, loneliness using Waves 0-5 from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 25 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 16% |
| Canada | 4 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 12% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 13 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 76% |
| Scientists | 5 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 215 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 209 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 8% |
| Researcher | 14 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 27 | 13% |
| Unknown | 62 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 36 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 32 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 15% |
| Unknown | 67 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 373. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 May 2023.
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#78,065
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Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#4
of 3,346 outputs
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#659
of 255,194 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#2
of 24 outputs
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