Ameliorating loneliness through Cognitive Stimulation Therapy and the role of baseline loneliness in predicting cognitive, behavioural and psychological benefits in people with dementia

CST can reduce emotional loneliness in PwD, albeit in the short-term. Moreover, individual dispositions in terms of social and emotional loneliness seem to have a modest influence on CST's benefits in mood and quality of life. Loneliness in PwD should be systematically addressed in psychosocial interventions, also to direct individuals who are more predisposed to derive benefits from approaches such as CST.