Decreasing Loneliness in Older Adults (I-SOCIAL)

Tel Aviv University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Loneliness; Social Isolation

Treatments: Behavioral: I-SOCIAL intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01842984

300009673

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purposes of this study are: (1) decrease loneliness and social isolation and increase social competence and social integration of older adults experiencing loneliness; (2) examine an intervention process grounded in a theoretical model that was developed in a previous study. The intervention process is tailored to the participants' barriers and abilities, and includes up to 10 personal meetings with an activities counselor and several group meetings.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 65 or over
• residing in the Tel Aviv region

Exclusion criteria

• having known mental illness including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, and dementia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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74 participants in 2 patient groups

I-SOCIAL intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will have up to 10 personal meetings with activities counselors and several group meetings.

Treatment:

Behavioral: I-SOCIAL intervention

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group will not have meetings with the activities counselors, and will not take part in the group meetings.