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Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 60 Citations 7,502 191 World Ranking 583 National Ranking 106

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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Health care

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Gerontology, Loneliness, Older people, Physical therapy and Social isolation. Her Gerontology research includes elements of Psychological intervention, Life satisfaction, Quality of life, Meta-analysis and Dementia. Her Psychological intervention research includes themes of Systematic review, Marital status and Depression.

Her Loneliness research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Successful aging, China, Vulnerability, European Social Survey and Social engagement. Christina R. Victor works mostly in the field of Older people, limiting it down to concerns involving Primary care and, occasionally, Medical prescription. Her Physical therapy research incorporates themes from Osteoarthritis, Randomized controlled trial, Patient education, Health promotion and Anthropometry.

Her most cited work include:

  • Being alone in later life: loneliness, social isolation and living alone (462 citations)
  • Strategies to prevent falls and fractures in hospitals and care homes and effect of cognitive impairment: systematic review and meta-analyses (424 citations)
  • The prevalence of and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: a survey of older people in Great Britain (369 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Christina R. Victor mainly focuses on Gerontology, Older people, Loneliness, Nursing and Psychological intervention. Her research investigates the connection between Gerontology and topics such as Dementia that intersect with problems in Well-being and Cohort study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology and Social isolation in addition to Loneliness.

Her work deals with themes such as Care homes, Health care and Family medicine, which intersect with Nursing. The Psychological intervention study combines topics in areas such as Intervention, Physical therapy and Pedometer. The concepts of her Physical therapy study are interwoven with issues in Randomized controlled trial and Primary care.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Gerontology (29.04%)
  • Older people (15.66%)
  • Loneliness (15.40%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Dementia (9.09%)
  • Gerontology (29.04%)
  • Loneliness (15.40%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary scientific interests are in Dementia, Gerontology, Loneliness, Psychological intervention and Well-being. Her work investigates the relationship between Dementia and topics such as Cohort study that intersect with problems in Pediatrics, Cerebral palsy and Disease. In general Gerontology, her work in Older people is often linked to Baseline linking many areas of study.

Her Loneliness research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Ethnic group, Isolation, Clinical psychology and Social isolation. Her study in Psychological intervention is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Intervention, Randomized controlled trial, Pedometer, Public health and Physical therapy. Her work in Well-being tackles topics such as Life satisfaction which are related to areas like Social status, Ideal, Martyr and Social research.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Living well with dementia: a systematic review and correlational meta-analysis of factors associated with quality of life, well-being and life satisfaction in people with dementia. (71 citations)
  • Typologies of loneliness, living alone and social isolation and their associations with physical and mental health. (58 citations)
  • What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults: (49 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Health care

Christina R. Victor spends much of her time researching Dementia, Gerontology, Psychological intervention, Well-being and Loneliness. Her Dementia study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Cohort study and Quality of life. Her studies in Gerontology integrate themes in fields like Social research, The arts and CINAHL.

Her study in Psychological intervention is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Physical therapy, Pedometer and Confidence interval. Her research integrates issues of Life satisfaction and Quality of life in her study of Well-being. Her Loneliness research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Developmental psychology and Social isolation.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Being alone in later life: loneliness, social isolation and living alone

Christina Victor;Sasha Scambler;John Bond;Ann Bowling.
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology (2000)

705 Citations

Strategies to prevent falls and fractures in hospitals and care homes and effect of cognitive impairment: systematic review and meta-analyses

David Oliver;James B Connelly;Christina R Victor;Fiona E Shaw.
BMJ (2007)

659 Citations

Women's sexual health after childbirth

Geraldine Barrett;Elizabeth Pendry;Janet Peacock;Christina Victor.
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2000)

645 Citations

The prevalence of and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: a survey of older people in Great Britain

Christina R. Victor;Sasha J. Scambler;Ann Bowling;John Bond.
Ageing & Society (2005)

641 Citations

The Prevalence of Loneliness Among Adults: A Case Study of the United Kingdom

Christina R Victor;Keming Yang.
The Journal of Psychology (2012)

438 Citations

Clinical outcomes, quality of life, and costs in the North Thames Dialysis Study of elderly people on dialysis: a prospective cohort study.

Donna L Lamping;Niculae Constantinovici;Paul Roderick;Charles Normand.
The Lancet (2000)

420 Citations

Nurses' role in detecting deterioration in ward patients: systematic literature review.

Mandy Odell;Christina Victor;David Oliver.
Journal of Advanced Nursing (2009)

326 Citations

Age and loneliness in 25 European nations

Keming Yang;Christina Victor.
Ageing & Society (2011)

325 Citations

Effect of health visitors working with elderly patients in general practice: a randomised controlled trial.

N J Vetter;D A Jones;C R Victor.
BMJ (1984)

288 Citations

Old Age in Modern Society: A textbook of social gerontology

Christina R. Victor.
(1987)

282 Citations

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