Psychosocial group rehabilitation for lonely older people

Completed

• Conditions: onliness and its harmful consequences in older people; Lonliness and its harmful consequences in older people; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000281493
• Lead Sponsor: Kaisu Pitkälä

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-05-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 235

Inclusion Criteria

Having subjective feelings of loneliness, volunteering to participate in the group intervention and having an interest in the content offered in the rehabilitation group.

Exclusion Criteria

Moderate or severe dementia (Mini-Mental State Examination25 (MMSE) < 19 points) or a Clinical Dementia Rating26 (CDR) > 1), living permanently in institutional care, blindness, deafness or the inability to move independently without another person’s aid, New York Heart Association Classification (NYHA) 27 classes 3 and 4 constituted additional exclusion criteria.Both males and females could participate.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified