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Telephone Calls for Health for Homebound Older Adults

26. mars 2021 oppdatert av: Maninder Kahlon, University of Texas at Austin
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).

Studieoversikt

Status

Fullført

Intervensjon / Behandling

Detaljert beskrivelse

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.

Studietype

Intervensjonell

Registrering (Faktiske)

240

Fase

  • Ikke aktuelt

Kontakter og plasseringer

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Studiesteder

    • Texas
      • Austin, Texas, Forente stater, 78712
        • University of Texas at Austin

Deltakelseskriterier

Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Kvalifikasjonskriterier

Alder som er kvalifisert for studier

18 år og eldre (Voksen, Eldre voksen)

Tar imot friske frivillige

Nei

Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult (18+) clients of Meals on Wheels of Central Texas

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cognitive impairment or in a hospice program.

Studieplan

Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.

Hvordan er studiet utformet?

Designdetaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomisert
  • Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
  • Masking: Enkelt

Våpen og intervensjoner

Deltakergruppe / Arm
Intervensjon / Behandling
Eksperimentell: Intervention - Calls
Participants randomized to the intervention will 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.
Calls were made by volunteers trained to engage with participants. Call structure was unscripted and call length was recommended to be between 5-10 min.
Ingen inngripen: Control - No calls
Participants randomized to a control group 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.

Hva måler studien?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Loneliness as assessed by the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale
Tidsramme: 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.
4 weeks
Loneliness as Assessed by the UCLA Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys
Tidsramme: 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.
4 weeks

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Depression as Assessed by the 8-item Depression Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8)
Tidsramme: 4 weeks
Investigators will use the Depression Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) to measure depression. Scored from 0-3, and a score of 0 indicates lower levels of depression while a score of 3 indicates higher levels of depression.
4 weeks
Anxiety as Assessed by the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)
Tidsramme: 4 weeks
Investigators will use the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) to measure anxiety. Scored from 0-3, and a score of 0 indicates lower levels of anxiety while a score of 3 indicates higher levels of anxiety.
4 weeks
Health Status and Quality of Life as Assessed by the Short Form-12 Question Survey
Tidsramme: 4 weeks
Investigators will use the Short Form-12 question survey to measure physical and mental health status. Summary scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating a better self-reported level of health.
4 weeks
Social Engagement as Assess by the Short Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS)
Tidsramme: 4 weeks
Investigators will use the 6-item Short Lubben Social Network Scale to measure social engagement. For the LSNS-6, the score ranges between 0 and 30, with a higher score indicating more social engagement.
4 weeks
Empathy as Assessed by The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure
Tidsramme: After the 4 week intervention (follow-up)
Investigators will use the CARE Measure to evaluate measures of empathy in the context of the caller/participant relationship
After the 4 week intervention (follow-up)
Toronto Empathy Questionnaire
Tidsramme: Prior to the 4 week intervention (baseline)
The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire will be used to assess characteristics of callers that align with measures of ability to be empathetic.
Prior to the 4 week intervention (baseline)

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Studer hoveddatoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

6. juli 2020

Primær fullføring (Faktiske)

24. september 2020

Studiet fullført (Faktiske)

26. september 2020

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først innsendt

14. oktober 2020

Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

14. oktober 2020

Først lagt ut (Faktiske)

20. oktober 2020

Oppdateringer av studieposter

Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Faktiske)

30. mars 2021

Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

26. mars 2021

Sist bekreftet

1. mars 2021

Mer informasjon

Begreper knyttet til denne studien

Ytterligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre studie-ID-numre

  • 2020-05-0009

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