Telephone Calls for Health for Homebound Older Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 240
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Loneliness as assessed by the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale
研究概览
简要总结
A randomized controlled trial of the effect of 4 weeks of regular check-in calls, up to 5 per week based on participant's choice and 2 survey collection calls and possible referral of other services, versus no daily check-in calls, on self-reported loneliness measures for current Meals on Wheels participants (MOW).
详细描述
The intervention arm will include 125 MOW clients to receive a call of between 5 - 10 minutes in length each by a consistent caller, five times a week, Monday through Friday for 4 consecutive weeks to check in on them. After the first week of calls, subjects in the intervention arm will be asked if the frequency of calls is acceptable or if they would like to reduce the call frequency, potentially to a minimum of twice per week.
Brief guidance and training will be provided for the daily conversation to maximize time spent speaking by the recipient but otherwise, the calls are unscripted other than specific prompts to ask about the recipient's general sense of well-being. "How are you doing today?"
The control Arm will include 125 MOW clients who will be randomized to a control group that will not receive the intervention calls. The control group will receive calls from a member of the research team at the beginning of the study to collect baseline survey data and at the post-4-week period to collect post-study survey data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
The individual who collected baseline and follow-up surveys was blinded to the status of the participant as part of control or intervention group.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adult (18+) clients of Meals on Wheels of Central Texas
排除标准
- •Cognitive impairment or in a hospice program.
结局指标
主要结局
Loneliness as assessed by the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale
时间窗: 4 weeks
Investigators will use the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness 6-Item Scale for Overall, Emotional, and Social Loneliness. Scored from 0-6, a score of 0 indicates least lonely while a score of 6 indicates most lonely.
Loneliness as Assessed by the UCLA Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys
时间窗: 4 weeks
Investigators will use the UCLA Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys to measure loneliness. Scored from 3-9, higher scores indicate greater degrees of loneliness.
次要结局
- Toronto Empathy Questionnaire(Prior to the 4 week intervention (baseline))
- Health Status and Quality of Life as Assessed by the Short Form-12 Question Survey(4 weeks)
- Social Engagement as Assess by the Short Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS)(4 weeks)
- Empathy as Assessed by The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure(After the 4 week intervention (follow-up))
- Depression as Assessed by the 8-item Depression Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8)(4 weeks)
- Anxiety as Assessed by the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)(4 weeks)
研究者
Maninder Kahlon
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin