The main objective to be achieved is to find out if the perceived social support, the perceived loneliness, the perceived social isolation and the family support of those over 65 years of age improve after participating in the Enréd@te project carried out by the Spanish Red Cross (CRE).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
210
Information and awareness activities; activities for the acquisition of skills; activities that help the elderly to attend spaces for leisure, participation and maintenance and/or improvement of their personal relationships.
Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba
Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain
Social isolation
Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (Bellón et al. 1996) is an eight-item instrument to measure the strength of the person's social support network. Each item is ranged from 1 to 5 points, where high scores represent greater social support.
Time frame: 6 months
Loneliness
UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell DW, 1996) which is a 20-item scale designed to measure one's subjective feelings of loneliness as well as feelings of social isolation. This tool use a 4-point rating scale (1= never; 4 = always). High values mean more loneliness.
Time frame: 6 months
Detection of risk situations or social problems
Gijón socio-family assessment scale (García González et al. 1999) allows the detection of risk situations or social problems. Values range from 3 to 15. Higher values mean more severe social decline.
Time frame: 6 months
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