Alleviating Loneliness in Older Adults Living in Poverty: A Multi-level Intervention
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Loneliness
Poverty
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 65 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 1,344 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong · Other
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About This Trial
The study aims to reduce loneliness among Hong Kong Chinese older adults living in poverty with a multi-level intervention involving components at the individual, interpersonal, and community levels.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* aged 65 years or older
* living in poverty (defined: inability to afford at least 5 items on the material deprivation index)
* proficiency in spoken Cantonese
* experiencing loneliness (defined: score of ≥ 6 on the 3-item UCLA Loneliness Scale)
Exclusion Criteria:
* cognitiv…
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