Evaluation study Customized Care

Completed

• Conditions: 10024450; health limitations; poor well-being; social isolation

• Registration Number: NL-OMON41235
• Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Twente

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 256

Inclusion Criteria

- Age: >= 18 years
- Social isolation: a score of 3 or higher on the loneliness scale (de Jong Gierveld & Van Tilburg, 1999)
- Low socioeconomic status: a low educational level (VMBO/LBO/MULO/MAVO or less) or few financial means (we use the CBS budget approach which includes income for basic means as well as participation, i.e., 1.000euro per month for a single household and 1370euro for a couple; CBS, 2011).
- Health limitations, i.e. at least one health limitation on the EQ5D (Brooks, 1996)

Exclusion Criteria

- High positive mental health: a high score on the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (Lamers et al., 2010) - one standard deviation above the mean of the Dutch population, i.e. 4.83 or higher, to avoid ceiling effects.
- Serious depression: a score of 26 or higher on the Center for Epidemiology Depression Scale (CES-D) (Radloff, 1977; Bouma et al, 1995).
- Crisis situation: candidates who are in a (psychiatric) crisis or addicted to alcohol or drugs, or homeless, or having high debts, judged by the counselor during the intake
- Insufficient linguistic and cognitive skills to be able to fill in the questionnaires, judged by the counselor during intake

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified