ArticleJournal of health psychology2025
Guidelines for evaluating and reporting social isolation and loneliness interventions.
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- Systematic Review of Loneliness and Social Isolation Interventions in Obesity and Obesity-Related Complications.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of Technology-Based Interventions on the Reduction of Loneliness: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- ASSeTS: a systematic review and development of the World Health Organization's classification system for social isolation and loneliness interventions.Population health metrics · 2026Pooled it
- The Arabic Lubben Social Network Scale-6: Psychometric Validation, Measurement Invariance, and Social Support Profiles in Arabic-Speaking Older Adults.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Social isolation, loneliness, and multi-system medical conditions: phenome-wide association and disease-trajectory analyses.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Spinal pain as a public health concern: associations with health anxiety, life satisfaction, sleep quality, and well-being in young adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Loneliness, Food Practices, and Ageing: The Inclusion of Qualitative Evidence in Health Promotion Programmes.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Loneliness among older adults in Europe: time to integrate health and social care.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- The feasibility of using photovoice as a loneliness intervention with older Myanmar migrants.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among minority ethnic populations in OECD countries: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Given the unpleasant nature of social isolation and loneliness (SIL) and their negative effects on health and wellbeing, interventions are needed. However, persistent issues in the design, evaluation, and reporting of SIL interventions preclude conclusive evidence and commentary on the effectiveness of SIL interventions. Here, we propose guidelines for evaluating SIL interventions, firstly by operationalising them into two categories: (1) interventions aiming to reduce SIL as a primary outcome and (2) interventions aiming to improve non-SIL outcomes in the lives of individuals experiencing SIL. Secondly, we evaluate instruments for measuring SIL and research designs for studying intervention effectiveness. Thirdly, guidelines for reporting information about the intervention, study design, results, and discussion in SIL intervention studies are presented. These guidelines will help researchers to better and more consistently report on SIL interventions and improve comparability of SIL interventions, ultimately contributing to the improvement of interventions and to the mitigation of SIL.
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