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Evaluation study 'Customized Care'.

Conditions
lonelinesslow mental healthsocial isolationlow SES
Registration Number
NL-OMON26076
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Twente, EnschedeArcon, Borne
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
260
Inclusion Criteria

1. Age: >=18 years;

2. Social isolation: A score of 3 or higher on the loneliness scale (de Jong Gierveld & Van Tilburg, 1999);

Exclusion Criteria

1. High positive mental health: A high score on the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (Lamers et al., 2010). To avoid ceiling effects, we use a score of more than one standard deviation above the mean of the Dutch population (i.e., 4.83 or higher) to exclude candidates;

2. Serious depression: A score of 26 or higher on the Center for Epidemiology Depression Scale (CES-D) (Radloff, 1977; Bouma et al, 1995);

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Positive mental health (Dutch MHC-SF, Lamers et al., 2011).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Loneliness;<br /><br>2. Depression;<br /><br>3. Consumption of care;<br /><br>4. Purpose in Life;<br /><br>5. Resilience;<br /><br>6. Social participation;<br /><br>7. Health-related quality of life.
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