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PS Perciliany Martins de Souza
MS Miriam de Cássia Souza
LD Luiza Araújo Diniz
CA Cássia Regina Vieira Araújo
ML Mariana Lopez
EV Eliane Volchan
OJ Orlando Fernandes, Jr
TS Tiago Arruda Sanchez
GS Gabriela Guerra Leal Souza
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The social touch scale37 is composed of 28 items and was used to assess the frequency in which the participant performed or received social touches over the last 12 months. Scores ranged from 14 to 98 points in the scales of touching and being touched, whereas total touch scores vary between 28 and 196 points. There is no cut-off point in the scale. The higher the obtained score, the greater the individual’s ability to perform or receive social contact through touch.

The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale38 is a self-evaluation instrument with 20 items about feelings or actions related to loneliness. The higher the score, the stronger the feeling of perceived loneliness.

The Geriatric Depression Scale39 is composed of 15 items and assesses symptoms of depression in the older adults. The sum of the scores of the answers from each participant may vary between 0 and 15 points, and a score of 5 or higher indicates the likelihood of depression.

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