Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2017
Minor positive effects of health-promoting senior meetings for older community-dwelling persons on loneliness, social network, and social support.
Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Toward inclusive healthy ageing: a systematic review of equity in healthy ageing interventions.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Loneliness in Community-Living Older Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to improve social connections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
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- Framing Facets of Social Participation: Older Adults' Experiences of "Social Online Meetings".OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2025Article
- Determining the predictors associated with the difficulty of adaptation to ageing of hospitalized older adults.Saudi medical journal · 2024Article
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- Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Loneliness amongst Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Interventions against Social Isolation of Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Existing Literature and Interventions.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Health-promoting and preventive interventions for community-dwelling older people published from inception to 2019: a scoping review to guide decision making in a Swedish municipality context.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2020Article
- The minority strengths model: Development and initial path analytic validation in racially/ethnically diverse LGBTQ individuals.Journal of clinical psychology · 2020Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the 1-year effect of the health-promoting intervention "senior meetings" for older community-dwelling persons regarding loneliness, social network, and social support.
methodsSecondary analysis of data was carried out from two randomized controlled studies: Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone and Promoting Aging Migrants' Capabilities. Data from 416 participants who attended the senior meetings and the control group at baseline and the 1-year follow-up in the respective studies were included. Data were aggregated and analyzed with chi-square test and odds ratio (OR) to determine the intervention effect.
resultsThe senior meetings had a positive effect on social support regarding someone to turn to when in need of advice and backing (OR 1.72,
conclusionHealth-promoting senior meetings for older community-dwelling persons have a minor positive effect on social support. The senior meetings might benefit from a revision to reinforce content focused on loneliness, social network, and social support. However, the modest effect could also depend on the lack of accessible social resources to meet participants' identified needs, a possible hindrance for a person's capability. This makes it necessary to conduct further research to evaluate the effect of the senior meetings and other health-promoting initiatives on social aspects of older community-dwelling people's lives, since these aspects are of high importance for life satisfaction and well-being in old age.
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