effectiveness of supportive care and lonely older adults
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- loneliness.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20190503043455N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Inclusion Criteria
Aged 60 years and older from local neighborhoods (households)
giving written informed consent
Without any cognitive disability based on Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT_10)
Not receiving any assistance from others
Older adults who live alone at home
Exclusion Criteria
Being reluctant to continue study procedures.
Being deaf and/or blind (who will be referred to related support centers, in the case of not being supported by the Iranian welfare organization)
Participating in another healthcare intervention during the previous 12 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oneliness ( if the score is higher, the feeling of loneliness is increased and the score of loneliness is lower, the loneliness is increased). Timepoint: baseline, immediately after the intervention, three and six months after intervention. Method of measurement: UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Social network, social support and self-care ability. Timepoint: baseline, immediately after intervention, three and six months after intervention. Method of measurement: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)? Lubben Support Network Scale-6 (LSNS-6)? (SASE) Self-care Ability Scale for the Elderly.