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Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Objectives: This study explores the effects of the Active Plus intervention aiming to decrease loneliness among older adults (>65 years) with chronic diseases. Methods: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was performed (N = 585; age: M = 74.5 years, SD = 6.4), assessing loneliness at baseline, 6 ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8641036/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33962517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08982643211015027 |
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author | Boekhout, Janet M. Volders, Esmee Bolman, Catherine A. W. de Groot, Renate H. M. Lechner, Lilian |
author_facet | Boekhout, Janet M. Volders, Esmee Bolman, Catherine A. W. de Groot, Renate H. M. Lechner, Lilian |
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description | Objectives: This study explores the effects of the Active Plus intervention aiming to decrease loneliness among older adults (>65 years) with chronic diseases. Methods: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was performed (N = 585; age: M = 74.5 years, SD = 6.4), assessing loneliness at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. Outcome measures in the multilevel linear regression analyses were total, social and emotional loneliness. Results: At 12 months, significant decreases in total (B = −.37, p = .01) and social loneliness (B = −.24, p = .02) were found. Age was a significant moderator for total and social loneliness; however, the intervention was effective only for participants aged 80 years and older. Discussion: The Active Plus intervention showed a significant decrease in total and social loneliness and was especially beneficial for the vulnerable age group of 80 years and older. A more comprehensive tool for measuring social activity and mobility impairments, and using a longer time frame to detect loneliness changes, may form interesting future research. |
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spelling | pubmed-86410362021-12-04 Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial Boekhout, Janet M. Volders, Esmee Bolman, Catherine A. W. de Groot, Renate H. M. Lechner, Lilian J Aging Health Articles Objectives: This study explores the effects of the Active Plus intervention aiming to decrease loneliness among older adults (>65 years) with chronic diseases. Methods: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was performed (N = 585; age: M = 74.5 years, SD = 6.4), assessing loneliness at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. Outcome measures in the multilevel linear regression analyses were total, social and emotional loneliness. Results: At 12 months, significant decreases in total (B = −.37, p = .01) and social loneliness (B = −.24, p = .02) were found. Age was a significant moderator for total and social loneliness; however, the intervention was effective only for participants aged 80 years and older. Discussion: The Active Plus intervention showed a significant decrease in total and social loneliness and was especially beneficial for the vulnerable age group of 80 years and older. A more comprehensive tool for measuring social activity and mobility impairments, and using a longer time frame to detect loneliness changes, may form interesting future research. SAGE Publications 2021-05-07 2021-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8641036/ /pubmed/33962517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08982643211015027 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Boekhout, Janet M. Volders, Esmee Bolman, Catherine A. W. de Groot, Renate H. M. Lechner, Lilian Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title | Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full | Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_fullStr | Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_short | Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_sort | long-term effects on loneliness of a computer-tailored intervention for older adults with chronic diseases: a randomized controlled trial |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8641036/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33962517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08982643211015027 |
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