Feeling lonely. Social exclusion and rejection
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention: the Group for 5 sessions for an hour about how to increase social participation and reduce feelings of loneliness will be trained . Intervention 2: In control group was n
Lifestyle
Intervention: the Group for 5 sessions for an hour about how to increase social participation and reduce feelings of loneliness will be trained .
Sponsors
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria: having the ability of talking Persian language; hearing power; lacking acute physical and motor diseases especially in walking; having health chart in the health centers; being sixty years old and over it and signing informed consent for participating in the study.Exclusion criteria: tendency to quit the participation; being absent in more than one session; having experience of grief caused by their relatives death and losing their job within the intervention episode.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feeling lonely. Timepoint: One week before intervention- one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social participation. Timepoint: One week before intervention- one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactFateme Jokar
Shiraz School of Public Health
Outcome results
None listed