The Impact of Social Phone Calls With Isolated Older Adults Receiving Protective Services for Abuse, Neglect and/or Exploitation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 13
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Social isolation as assessed by the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) Social Isolation Scale
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to see the the impact of social visits, through weekly phones calls, on quality of life outcomes of depression, anxiety, loneliness, isolation and self-rated health for older adults visited by Adult Protective Services (APS) for abuse, neglect and/or exploitation (ANE) and to also to determine the benefit of these conversations on the medical student's perspective of aging and ANE.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •recently visited by Texas Adult Protective Services for Abuse, Neglect and/or Exploitation
- •living in Harris County or a surrounding county serviced by APS District 6
- •substantiated elder mistreatment (i.e. psychological abuse, financial exploitation, sexual abuse, neglect, physical abuse) and/or self neglect
- •provide a signed or verbal release agreeing to be contacted by the volunteers
- •able to provide verbal consent to participate in the study
排除标准
- •significant cognitive impairment or incapacity as determined by their inability to complete the consent steps
- •Non-English-speaking
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Social isolation as assessed by the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) Social Isolation Scale
时间窗: Baseline, 6 week follow up
This is a 4 item questionnaire and each question is scored from 1(never) to 5(always) a higher number indicating more isolation
Change in Anxiety as assessed by the Geriatric Anxiety Scale
时间窗: Baseline, 6 week follow up
This is a 10 item questionnaire and each question is scored form 0(not at all) to 3(most of the time),a higher number indicating more anxiety
Change in perceived general health as assessed by the Self-Rated Health Question
时间窗: Baseline, 6 week follow up
The participant will rate their health as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor
Change in Loneliness as assessed by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA ) Loneliness Scale
时间窗: Baseline, 6 week follow up
A 20-item scale that measures the subjective experience of loneliness on a four-point Likert scale. Participants rate each item as either O (I often feel this way),S (I sometimes feel this way), R (I rarely feel this way), N (I never feel this way).
Change in Depression as assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form
时间窗: Baseline, 6 week follow up
This is a 15 item questionnaire and each is answered either yes or no. One point is given for No to question 1, 5, 7, 11, 13 and one point for Yes to other questions. Normal ± 2 Mildly Depressed 7 ± 3 Very Depressed 12 ± 2
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Gabrielle Marie Hoyumpa
Student
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston