Creating Encounters Between Generations - Together Instead of Alone (GemsE) (GemsE)
6 de maio de 2026 atualizado por: Silke Wiegand-Grefe, Prof. Dr., Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Creating Encounters: Generations in Action - Together Instead of Alone (GemsE)
Elderly people and children and young people (CYP) and from families with mentally ill parents are particularly affected by loneliness.
The GemsE project is investigating whether intergenerational mentoring between seniors and children or young people helps to reduce loneliness and improve the mental well-being and quality of life of both groups.
The aim of the study is to scientifically record the effect of these sponsorships and to find out how such encounters can be successfully organized.
Visão geral do estudo
Status
Ainda não está recrutando
Intervenção / Tratamento
Descrição detalhada
The GemsE project - Creating Encounters: Generations in Action - Together Instead of Alone is an interventional study evaluating intergenerational mentoring between seniors and CYP from families with parents who have mental illness. The aim is to build stable, voluntary relationships that reduce loneliness and improve the mental well-being and health-related quality of life of both groups.
As part of the study, approximately 40 seniors and 40 children or adolescents will be accompanied in sponsorships over a period of six months. The impact of the sponsorships will be measured using standardized, validated questionnaires on loneliness, psychosocial well-being, and health-related quality of life. The results should provide insights into how intergenerational sponsorships can be effectively designed and integrated into psychosocial care services.
Tipo de estudo
Intervencional
Inscrição (Estimado)
80
Estágio
- Não aplicável
Critérios de participação
Os pesquisadores procuram pessoas que se encaixem em uma determinada descrição, chamada de critérios de elegibilidade. Alguns exemplos desses critérios são a condição geral de saúde de uma pessoa ou tratamentos anteriores.
Critérios de elegibilidade
Idades elegíveis para estudo
- Filho
- Adulto
- Adulto mais velho
Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis
Não
Descrição
Inclusion Criteria:
- Older adults aged 60 years and older who are residents of Hamburg
- Children and adolescents aged 12 to 21 years with at least one parent with a mental illness and who are residents of Hamburg
- Sufficient German language proficiency
- Ability and willingness to provide informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children and adolescents with severe acute psychological symptoms requiring inpatient treatment, including acute suicidality, acute substance use, or acute psychotic symptoms
- Older adults with acute psychological crises or untreated severe mental illness preventing reliable participation
- Older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia preventing reliable participation in the intervention
Plano de estudo
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Como o estudo é projetado?
Detalhes do projeto
- Finalidade Principal: Prevenção
- Alocação: N / D
- Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição de grupo único
- Mascaramento: Nenhum (rótulo aberto)
Armas e Intervenções
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Experimental: Establishing intergenerational tandems
The intervention focuses on establishing stable mentoring relationships between senior citizens and children or adolescents from families with parents who have mental health issues. The main objectives of this intervention are to build reliable relationships, reduce loneliness, and promote mental well-being and quality of life for both groups. This intervention is coordinated by the project team at GemsE - Creating encounters: Generations in Action - Together Instead of Alone -. |
The project Creating Encounters Between Generations - Together Instead of Alone (German acronym GemsE) aims to provide social support and integration for both groups by establishing tandems between lonely senior citizens and COPMI, and to scientifically evaluate the effectiveness of these tandems.
The tandems run for six months, with weekly meetings between senior and CYP.
The tandems consist of weekly individual meetings with joint activities such as playing games, learning, cooking, or going for walks.
Senior citizens and CYP engage in tandems built on trust, shared experiences, and cooperation, fostering connections that benefit both sides at eye level.
Project coordinators accompany the participants and support the process management.
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O que o estudo está medindo?
Medidas de resultados primários
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Loneliness
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The primary clinically relevant parameter of the study is the experience of loneliness among children, adolescents, and seniors, measured using the 6-item short version of the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale.The response options are three-point (yes, more or less, no) from 0-6 with higher scores indicating greater loneliness.
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Medidas de resultados secundários
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Mental well-being
Prazo: Change from baseline to 6 months.
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The mental well-being of seniors and young adults is assessed using the SDQ 18+, while the SDQ 11-17 is used for self-assessment for adolescents.
Scores range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater psychological difficulties and poorer mental well-being.
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults
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Health-related quality of life in participants aged 18 years and older will be assessed using the SF-12.
Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health-related quality of life.
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents
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Health-related quality of life in participants aged 12 to 17 years will be assessed using the KIDSCREEN-27 Questionnaire.
Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better quality of life.
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults (EQ-5D-5L)
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Health-related quality of life in participants aged 18 years and older will be assessed using the EQ-5D-5L.
The instrument assesses five health dimensions across 5 response levels, generating a 5-digit health profile in which lower levels indicate fewer health problems, as well as a visual analogue scale (VAS) score ranging from 0 to 100 and, where applicable, a utility index score typically ranging from below 0 to 1, with higher VAS and utility scores indicating better HRQoL.
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Change from baseline to 6 months
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents (EQ-5D-Y-5L)
Prazo: Change from baseline to 6 months
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Health-related quality of life in participants from 12-17 years will be assessed using the EQ-5D-Y-5L.
The instrument assesses five health dimensions across 5 response levels, generating a 5-digit health profile in which lower levels indicate fewer health problems, as well as a visual analogue scale (VAS) score ranging from 0 to 100 and, where applicable, a utility index score typically ranging from below 0 to 1, with higher VAS and utility scores indicating better HRQoL.
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Datas de registro do estudo
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Datas Principais do Estudo
Início do estudo (Estimado)
1 de junho de 2026
Conclusão Primária (Estimado)
1 de dezembro de 2026
Conclusão do estudo (Estimado)
1 de dezembro de 2026
Datas de inscrição no estudo
Enviado pela primeira vez
24 de março de 2026
Enviado pela primeira vez que atendeu aos critérios de CQ
6 de maio de 2026
Primeira postagem (Real)
12 de maio de 2026
Atualizações de registro de estudo
Última Atualização Postada (Real)
12 de maio de 2026
Última atualização enviada que atendeu aos critérios de controle de qualidade
6 de maio de 2026
Última verificação
1 de maio de 2026
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Outros números de identificação do estudo
- 2025-101662-BO-ff
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NÃO
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