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ReviewNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2024

The Long-Lasting Effect of Multidisciplinary Interventions for Emotional and Social Loneliness in Older Community-Dwelling Individuals: A Systematic Review.

Georgiana Zaharia, Vanessa Ibáñez-Del Valle, Omar Cauli, Silvia Corchón

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Review in Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07639645 (Multimodal Intervention to Reduce Unwanted Loneliness and Improve the Living With Process Among Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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NCT07639645 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Multimodal Intervention to Reduce Unwanted Loneliness and Improve the Living With Process Among Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ValenciaRan2026 to 2028Enrolled50ConditionsAlzheimer Disease (AD), Unwanted Loneliness, Family Caregivers, Living With ProcessArmsMultimodal intervention to Reduce Unwanted Loneliness in Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer
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4 authors.

Georgiana ZahariaDepartment of Nursing, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5905-3567
Vanessa Ibáñez-Del ValleDepartment of Nursing, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Omar CauliDepartment of Nursing, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5669-4943
Silvia CorchónDepartment of Nursing, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6673-5681

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLoneliness can occur at any age, but it is more prevalent among older adults due to the associated risk factors. Various interventions exist to improve this situation, but little is known about their long-term effects. Our aims were to determine if these interventions have long-lasting effects and for how long they can be sustained. Additionally, we aimed to analyze if the interventions carried out by volunteers affected the outcomes regarding loneliness and psychological impact.

methodsA systematic review was performed by searching the literature in the MEDLINE PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases for interventions focused on the lonely population. The inclusion criteria for this review were the assessment of loneliness using a validated tool, and loneliness being the primary or secondary outcome. The CASPe checklist was used to assess the risk of bias in the selected studies, and the PRISMA-ScR recommendations were followed to present and synthesize the results.

resultsThirty articles were included. The interventions identified were classified into five categories: psychosocial, technological, health promotion, physical exercise, and multicomponent interventions. Loneliness improved in 24 studies during the post-intervention analysis. Social connectivity and depressive symptoms also improved in most interventions. Long-term follow-ups were conducted with positive results in a total of 16 interventions. Depressive symptoms and social connectivity were also improved. Eight of the interventions were carried out by volunteers and showed good results regarding loneliness.

conclusionsThe results obtained in this work suggested that multidisciplinary interventions can reduce loneliness, but more controlled clinical studies are needed.

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community-dwelling individualselderlyemotional lonelinesslonelinesspsychological effectssocial isolationsocial loneliness

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PMID39728642
PMCPMC11676195

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