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SUBMITTER: Myagmarjav S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472776 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20190418 4
This study compares the psychometric properties of two versions of the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-18 and LSNS-6) with community dwelling older adults in Mongolia. We recruited 650 older adult in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar and the country's four rural regions. We used the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), the Short Form 12 (SF-12) physical and mental health functioning measures, and a multi-dimensional scale of social isolation for confirmatory factor analyses of the LSNS-18 and th ...[more]