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ENRED@TE. Social Support in Southern Spain. Interventional Study

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Social Isolation
Registration Number
NCT04567940
Lead Sponsor
Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba
Brief Summary

The main objective to be achieved is to find out if the perceived social support, the perceived loneliness, the perceived social isolation and the family support of those over 65 years of age improve after participating in the Enréd@te project carried out by the Spanish Red Cross (CRE).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
210
Inclusion Criteria
  • People over 65 years
  • Not institutionalised
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants of other programs
  • Difficulty responding to measurement scales due to language barriers
  • Legal incapacitation
  • People with a residence of less than 3 months in the city

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Loneliness6 months

UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell DW, 1996) which is a 20-item scale designed to measure one's subjective feelings of loneliness as well as feelings of social isolation. This tool use a 4-point rating scale (1= never; 4 = always). High values mean more loneliness.

Social isolation6 months

Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (Bellón et al. 1996) is an eight-item instrument to measure the strength of the person's social support network. Each item is ranged from 1 to 5 points, where high scores represent greater social support.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Detection of risk situations or social problems6 months

Gijón socio-family assessment scale (García González et al. 1999) allows the detection of risk situations or social problems. Values range from 3 to 15. Higher values mean more severe social decline.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba

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Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain

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