Loneliness among dementia caregivers: evaluation of the psychometric properties and cutoff score of the Three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale
The UCLALS3 is a valid short scale; its cutoff ≥6.5 may flag major clinically relevant symptoms in dementia caregivers, highlighting the need for tailored interventions that boost caregivers' individual perception of social relationships. More investigations are needed to confirm UCLALS3 invariance across countries.
Authors
- Haitham Khatatbeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2019-6621)
- Abeer Selim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-993X)
- Amira Mohammed Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6448-8282)
- Musheer A. Aljaberi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6533-7868)
- Carlos Laranjeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-9535)
- Saeed Abdullah AL-Dossary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2392-595X)
- Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-2370)
- A. Pakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-1310)
- Souheil R. Hallit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6918-5689)
- Aljawharah Fahad Aljubilah
- Ebtesam Abdullah Alzeiby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4849-1921)
Institutions
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA)
- Effat University (SA)
- Applied Science Private University (JO)
- Qassim University (SA)
- Mansoura University (EG)
- Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (PT)
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (LB)
- University of Évora (PT)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- University of Ha'il (SA)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- University of Pecs (HU)
- Alexandria University (EG)
- Yarmouk University (JO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1526569
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.00
Funders
- Qassim University