ENRED@TE. Social Support in Southern Spain. Interventional Study
Study Details
Study Description
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).
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention group Behavioural multicomponent intervention |
Behavioral: ENRED@TE: Behavioural multicomponent intervention
Information and awareness activities; activities for the acquisition of skills; activities that help the elderly to attend spaces for leisure, participation and maintenance and/or improvement of their personal relationships.
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No Intervention: Control group Usual care |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Social isolation [6 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.
- Loneliness [6 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.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Detection of risk situations or social problems [6 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.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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People over 65 years
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Not institutionalised
Exclusion Criteria:
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Participants of other programs
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Difficulty responding to measurement scales due to language barriers
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Legal incapacitation
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People with a residence of less than 3 months in the city
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba | Córdoba | Cordoba | Spain | 14004 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- ENRED@TE