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The purpose of this community-engaged project is to examine how taking part in different arts (dance & music), compared to control (no arts) affects older adults' Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL using the Short Form-20(SF) form), physical performance (Short Physical Performance Battery-SPPB), cognition (using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-MoCA), social engagement (National Social Life, Health, & Aging Project-NSHAP survey), and perceptions of self (focus interviews).
This study will use a multi-level, community-engaged approach to implement "TERTULIAS" ("conversational gatherings" in Spanish). The intervention uses an innovative, culturally and contextually situated peer support group design that was developed by the investigators to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities for FMI participants in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The study will use a rigorous, transdisciplinary, QUAL⇒QUANT, mixed-method research design. The investigators will document results of the intervention on the primary hypotheses of a decrease in depression, and increases in resilience and social support, as well as on the secondary hypotheses of decreased stress (including the use of innovative testing of hair cortisol as a biomarker for chronic stress), and an increase in social connectedness and positive assessment of knowledge and empowerment gained through the TERTULIAS intervention.
The Ageing in a Networked Society -Social Experiment study (ANS-SE) is a randomised controlled trial on older people residing in Abbiategrasso, a middle-size city located in the Milan area (Italy) and aims to assess the impact of SNS use on loneliness, that is the primary outcome of this study. The study is constituted of two stages, i.e. the baseline and the follow up. The experiment is structured into two treatment groups and a control group; the interventions are the attendance to a course on SNS use (T1) and lifestyle education and brain functioning (T2). The control group (C) is constituted of a waiting list. The study is part of the project "Aging in a networked society. Older people, social networks and well-being", funded by the Italian Fondazione Cariplo.
Social isolation among elderly people is a frequent and major determinant for health. The risk of premature death is 2 to 5 time higher for socially isolated people, similarly for morbidity, duration of healing and complications rate. Denutrition is also frequent for elderly people with potentially serious consequences. Vitamin deficiency, especially in B9 and B12 vitamins, are often associated with denutrition among elderly people. Folic acid (vitamin B9) is not influenced by inflammation and folic acid income are necessarily exogene. Vitamin B9 is provided by fresh fruits and vegetables, and giblets. The investigators observed a high prevalence in folic acid deficiency for socially isolated elderly patients. The investigators made the hypothesis that a folic acid defiency is associated with social isolation for elderly people. The primary purpose is the study of the association between folic acid deficiency (measured by dosing of plasma concentration of vitamin B9) and social isolation evaluated by Lubben Social Network Scale in 6 questions. The secondary purposes are the study of the correlation between folic acid deficiency and social conditions, nutritional status, biological data, poly pharmacy, cognitive functions, dependency and length of stay at hospital.
The Engage Coaching Project is a Stage 1 intervention development study. This study asks: "what behavioral strategies are needed to help socially disconnected caregivers with significant barriers to increasing connectedness?" This study uses a mixed methods approach to adapt a brief behavioral intervention-Social Engage psychotherapy-for use with socially disconnected caregivers. The ultimate goal is for Social Engage psychotherapy to be offered as a second step in a stepped care approach for caregivers who do not demonstrate an adequate response to a single-session psychoeducation plus resources intervention. Social Engage Psychotherapy helps caregivers bolster motivation for increasing connectedness, teaches problem solving skills, and provides behavioral practice with social engagement. Up to 8 brief sessions (typically 30 minutes) are provided weekly over no more than three months. This is a single-arm clinical trial of Social Engage psychotherapy, with up to 30 participants.
The purpose of this study to evaluate aging-service integrated, video-conference-based approaches to improve homebound seniors' social engagement and activities.
Background: Social isolation, loneliness and anxiety-depressive states are emerging health conditions in the elderly of our society. This situation is related to higher morbidity and mortality. There is a growing need to determine effective interventions that address these situations, since sometimes pharmacological options are limited in these patients. Physical activity (AF) and social relationships in the elderly are linked to physical and mental health. Being able to do some physical or recreational activity will help them face this stage of life with more optimism and relate to others in a healthy and independent way, however, few studies have evaluated their effectiveness in our territory. - Objectives: To evaluate whether a 4 month AF group program and the visit to know socio-cultural entities improve the emotional, social and quality of life situation in a sample of people over 64 years of age with anxiety, depression, social isolation or solitude And measure whether adherence to AF and the linkage to sociocultural entities is maintained after the intervention has taken place. - Methodology: Design: Multicentre, randomized, two-group clinical trial, of 1 year follow-up. Study population: Patients over 64 years of age assigned to primary care teams (EAP) from different locations: Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Súria and Manresa 2. Inclusion criteria: To meet criteria of depression or anxiety at the time of the study, score> 12 on the Beck Depression Scale and / or score> 10 on the GAD-7 Scale (General Anxiety Disorder) and that Present a score <32 on the steps of DUKE-UNC-11. A randomization of between 44 and 56 patients will be performed at each participant EAP. Half will be allocated to the control group (GC) and half to the intervention group (GI). The intervention group will participate in a group AF program for 4 months. It will consist of 60 minutes of walking sessions 2 days a week. Also once a month, coinciding with the walk, you will visit some sociocultural municipal equipment to promote a community connection. . Main measures: Response to the intervention or clinical remission of depression (Escalera de Beck), and / or anxiety (Escala GAD-7), improvement of social support (DUKE-UNC) and quality of life (EuroQol) . Secondary measures: Adherence to the AF (VREM questionnaire (Spanish Reduced Version of the Minnesota Free Time Questionnaire in Minnesota)), and linkage to sociocultural entities once the intervention has been completed. The assessments will be made at 0, 4, 8 and 12 months.
This study evaluates the effects of MMFA visits on psychological, health, social conditions and personal interactions in older community dwellers with a precarious state and to determine whether these effects may change precarity.
The Hans Kai trial is a mixed methods randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of the peer-led health promotion Hans Kai program for Canadian adults with or without chronic health conditions. The Hans Kai trial also aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Hans Kai program as well as the facilitators and barriers to its implementation from the perspectives of the program participants and facilitators. The intervention (Hans Kai program) consists of an 8-week health school that program participants attend to develop health knowledge and skills. Next, program participants form Hans Kai groups of 3 or more people, who meet on a monthly basis independently in a peer-led self-sustaining model. The trial will measure the impact of Hans Kai, compared to waitlist control, on program participants' mental health; social connections; health-related knowledge and empowerment (i.e., self-efficacy and self-determination); health-promoting behaviors (i.e., diet, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, physical activity, and sleep); and clinical measures of cardio-metabolic health.