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Kjerstin Ericsson

Researcher at Karolinska Institutet

Publications -  25
Citations -  2565

Kjerstin Ericsson is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Loneliness & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 25 publications receiving 2441 citations. Previous affiliations of Kjerstin Ericsson include Sophia University & Sabbatsberg Hospital.

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Influence of social network on occurrence of dementia: a community-based longitudinal study

Laura Fratiglioni, +4 more
- 15 Apr 2000 - 
TL;DR: An extensive social network seems to protect against dementia, and further investigation to clarify the mechanisms are worthwhile due to the implications for prevention.
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Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in an elderly urban population: relationship with age, sex, and education.

Laura Fratiglioni, +9 more
- 01 Dec 1991 - 
TL;DR: Alzheimer's disease (AD) was confirmed as the most frequent type of dementia and the positive association of dementias with age, even in the most advanced ages, and no sex differences regarding the prevalence of different dementia types were found.
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Loneliness among elderly people living in stockholm: a population study.

Kann Holmén, +3 more
- 01 Jan 1992 - 
TL;DR: A high frequency of experienced loneliness was found among elderly people with reduced cognitive function and Subjectively experienced bad health and loneliness were strongly related to each other, i.e a person who experienced loneliness did usually not feel completely healthy.
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Social and emotional loneliness among non-demented and demented elderly people

Karin Holmén, +3 more
- 01 Dec 2000 - 
TL;DR: Social loneliness was more common in the different levels of dementia and increased with reduced cognitive functioning, while emotional loneliness decreased, and living together with someone and living in one's own apartment showed a positive influence on feelings of loneliness.
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The prevalence of functional disability in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living among elderly Beijing Chinese.

Zhe Tang, +9 more
- 01 Sep 1999 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that plain rural elderly are most likely to generate functional disability, and bathing and doing heavy housework are two promising predictors to monitor the development of functional disability in the elderly.