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ArticleCampbell systematic reviews2022

PROTOCOL: Digital interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults: An evidence and gap map.

Vivian Welch, Elizabeth Tanjong Ghogomu, Victoria I Barbeau, Elisabeth Boulton, Sabrina Boutin, Niobe Haitas, Dylan Kneale, Douglas M Salzwedel, Roger Simard, Paul Herbert and 1 more

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Article in Campbell systematic reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Vivian WelchMethods Centre Bruyere Research Institute Ottawa Canada.
Elizabeth Tanjong GhogomuMethods Centre Bruyere Research Institute Ottawa Canada.
Victoria I BarbeauMethods Centre Bruyere Research Institute Ottawa Canada.
Elisabeth BoultonDivision of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences University of Manchester Manchester UK.
Sabrina BoutinCanadian Red Cross Montreal Canada.
Niobe HaitasCanadian Red Cross Montreal Canada.
Dylan KnealeSocial Science Research Unit, EPPI-Centre, UCL Institute of Education University College London London UK.
Douglas M SalzwedelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada.
Roger SimardCanadian Red Cross Montreal Canada.
Paul HerbertCentre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Montreal Canada.
Christopher MiktonDepartment of Social Determinants of Health World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows: the aim is to map available evidence on the effects of digital interventions to mitigate social isolation and/or loneliness in older adults in all settings except hospital settings.

Identifiers

PMID36909878
PMCPMC9233308

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