Penpal Loneliness Project : Reducing Loneliness With Penpal Connections

Hypothesis: Our hypothesis is that a social program connecting patients in residential care facilities with high school students through monthly letter writing would positively impact quality of life for both, reducing quantitative and qualitiative measures of lonelinessAims, purpose, or objectives:Our objective is to reduce loneliness and increase quality of life for patients residing in residential care facilities and for high school students.Background (Include relevant experience, gaps in current knowledge, preliminary data, etc.):In response to the Covid pandemic, to protect their residents, residential care facilities have implemented restrictions limiting visitors as well as social activities. Anecdoctally this has negative impacted the quality of life of those residents, increasing their loneliness. Previous studies have shown positive impact of intergenerational programs including penpal programs..

Medienart:

Klinische Studie

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

ClinicalTrials.gov - (2021) vom: 30. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Links:

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Themen:

610
Medical Condition: Loneliness
Recruitment Status: Withdrawn
Study Type: Interventional

Anmerkungen:

Source: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record., First posted: March 15, 2021, Last downloaded: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on January 10, 2022, Last updated: January 12, 2022

Study ID:

NCT04797026
20-009976

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

CTG003705765