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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12619000924156
ACTRN12619000924156
Not Yet Recruiting
N/A

A community based psychosocial group treatment for older adults with loneliness

The University of Auckland0 sites64 target enrollmentJuly 3, 2019

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
oneliness
Sponsor
The University of Auckland
Enrollment
64
Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 3, 2019
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • The study will recruit participants from Age Concern in Auckland and Dunedin, New Zealand. Potential participants are people with subjective loneliness who are referred to their AVS. Staff at Age Concern will approach potential participants about this study, and the research team will provide further information and obtain informed consent.
  • (i)Age 65\+
  • (ii)living in the community, including retirement village
  • (iii)adequate hearing and vision to allow participation in group work
  • (iv)ability to move independently without another person’s aid
  • (v)a score of 3 or above on the de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale

Exclusion Criteria

  • (i)significant cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment score \<25/30\)
  • (ii)participants are required to be intervention naïve, e.g. they have not received AVS or any other loneliness service before
  • (iii)significant medical co\-morbidities likely to impact on survival over 2\-year period (e.g. terminal cancer).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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