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Consequently, loneliness is increasingly recognized as an issue that may affect the health of veterans, even years after military deployment.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To examine the prevalence of loneliness in Dutch veterans and to assess the extent to which their loneliness is associated with deployment-related factors.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We invited 6000 veterans who have left the Armed Forces to fill out a questionnaire. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to assess the association between loneliness and deployment-related factors in addition to demographic information, social support and needs of care.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We received the responses of 2643 veterans (44%). Of them, 27% experienced at least some loneliness and 13% experienced severe loneliness. Social support, perceived comradeship during deployment and a perceived positive effect of one\u2019s deployment on life at present are negatively related to loneliness. Younger age, living alone (with or without children), unemployment or work disability, needs of care in general or deployment-related, perceived frustration related to the deployment and longing back to the time of the deployment were positively associated with loneliness.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Feelings of loneliness are prevalent among Dutch veterans who have left the Armed Forces. Veterans\u2019 loneliness is associated with several deployment-related factors. To reduce veterans\u2019 loneliness, attention for deployment-related experiences and its consequences is recommended.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/occmed\/kqz166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,31]],"date-time":"2019-12-31T12:08:10Z","timestamp":1577794090000},"page":"610-616","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Loneliness among veterans in the Netherlands"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"69","author":[{"given":"A","family":"Reijnen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research and Expertise, Netherlands Veterans Institute, AC Doorn, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J","family":"Duel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research and Expertise, Netherlands Veterans Institute, AC Doorn, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"119","DOI":"10.1037\/0022-3514.53.1.119","article-title":"Developing and testing a model of loneliness","volume":"53","author":"de Jong-Gierveld","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Pers Soc Psychol"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1177\/026540758900600204","article-title":"Personal relationships, social support, and loneliness","volume":"6","author":"de Jong Gierveld","year":"1989","journal-title":"J Soc Pers Relat"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"157","DOI":"10.1016\/j.puhe.2017.07.035","article-title":"An overview of systematic reviews on the public health consequences of social isolation and loneliness","volume":"152","author":"Leigh-Hunt","year":"2017","journal-title":"Public Health"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"697","DOI":"10.1111\/1540-4560.00041","article-title":"Network and health changes among older Dutch adults","volume":"58","author":"Van Tilburg","year":"2002","journal-title":"J Soc Issues"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"600","DOI":"10.1093\/occmed\/kqy160","article-title":"Loneliness and social isolation of military veterans: systematic narrative review","volume":"68","author":"Wilson","year":"2018","journal-title":"Occup Med (Lond)"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"564","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jagp.2013.02.013","article-title":"Loneliness among older veterans in the United States: results from the national health and resilience in veterans study","volume":"22","author":"Kuwert","year":"2014","journal-title":"Am J Geriatr Psychiatry"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1080\/15325024.2013.815055","article-title":"Loneliness trajectories: the role of posttraumatic symptoms and social support","volume":"20","author":"Solomon","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Loss Trauma"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0008","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"122","DOI":"10.1037\/a0036936","article-title":"Loneliness and isolation in life-stories of Israeli veterans of combat and captivity","volume":"7","author":"Stein","year":"2015","journal-title":"Psychol Trauma"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0009","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"865","DOI":"10.1521\/jscp.2016.35.10.865","article-title":"The cultural context of loneliness: risk factors in active duty soldiers","volume":"35","author":"Cacioppo","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Soc Clin Psychol"},{"key":"2020021410491861100_CIT0010","volume-title":"Veteraan, hoe gaat het met u? 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