Status:
UNKNOWN
Intergenerational Program for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults Discharged From the Emergency Department
Lead Sponsor:
Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Collaborating Sponsors:
North York General Hospital
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Conditions:
Social Isolation
Loneliness
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Social isolation and loneliness worsens older adults' risk of dementia, quality of life, and death as much as smoking. Older adults are more likely to use emergency services and are also more likely t...
Detailed Description
Introduction: Social isolation and loneliness (SIL) worsens mortality and other outcomes among older adults as much as smoking. The investigators previously tested the impact of the HOW R U? interven...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Any community-dwelling person 70 years of age and older receiving care from the ED, Family Medicine, or Geriatric clinics at the two participating sites (MSH and NYGH) will be eligible.
- Baseline de Jong loneliness scores of 2.0 will be required for participation in the trial.
Exclusion
- Age less than 70 years;
- Patients with communication problems (critically ill, unconscious, language barrier, speech impairment or otherwise unable to provide consent), or admission to a hospital for \> 72 hours.
- Patients with severe cognitive impairment or those living in nursing homes who are dependent on others for their activity of daily living will be excluded.
- Patients without any mobile phone or landline.
- Volunteers:
- Volunteers will be 60 years of age or older to qualify as peer-support volunteers.
- Volunteers will be 19-39 years of age to qualify as intergenerational volunteers.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
141 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05998343
Start Date
November 1 2021
End Date
February 1 2024
Last Update
August 18 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1XS