Putting Life In Years (PLINY): Telephone friendship groups

Conditions

Age and ageing Not Applicable

Biggs K, Hind D, Gossage-Worrall R, Sprange K, White D, Wright J, Chatters R, Berry K, Papaioannou D, Bradburn M, Walters SJ, Cooper C.

2020-01-2943 citations

10.1186/s13063-019-3807-4

Recruitment of older adults to three preventative lifestyle improvement studies.

Chatters R, Newbould L, Sprange K, Hind D, Mountain G, Shortland K, Powell L, Gossage-Worrall R, Chater T, Keetharuth A, Lee E, Woods B.

2018-02-2014 citations

10.1186/s13063-018-2482-1

Putting Life in Years (PLINY): a randomised controlled trial and mixed-methods process evaluation of a telephone friendship intervention to improve mental well-being in independently living older people

Daniel Hind, Gail Mountain, Rebecca Gossage-Worrall, Stephen J. Walters, Rosie Duncan et al. (14 authors)

Public Health Research2014-12-0119 citations

10.3310/phr02070

'Putting Life in Years' (PLINY) telephone friendship groups research study: pilot randomised controlled trial.

Mountain GA, Hind D, Gossage-Worrall R, Walters SJ, Duncan R, Newbould L, Rex S, Jones C, Bowling A, Cattan M, Cairns A, Cooper C, Edwards RT, Goyder EC.

2014-04-2434 citations

10.1186/1745-6215-15-141

Interventions

248 participants will be randomly allocated to one of two groups. 1. Research Intervention: Telephone friendship groups Participants allocated to telephone friendship g

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 75 years or over 2. Good cognitive function, defined as Six Cognitive Impairment Test (Brooke P, Bullock R, 1999) score of 7 or under 3. Living independently (including those who are co-resident with others) or in sheltered/extra care housing 4. Able to understand and converse in English 5. Target Gender: Male & Female

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Aged 74 years or younger 2. 6CIT score of 8 or more 3. In residential/ nursing care homes 4. Unable to understand and converse in English 5. Unable to converse on the telephone with assertive technology 6. Already receiving a telephone intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
SF-36 Mental health dimension measured at baseline, 6 and 12 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Other dimensions of the SF-36 (and specifically physical health) 2. EQ-5D for health economic analysis 3. General Perceived Self Efficacy (GSE) Scale 4. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 5. De Jong loneliness scale 6. Health and social care resource use 7. Telephone friendship group call costs question; and, ONS Wellbeing question 8. Socio demographic questionnaire including a self report of health status	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Other dimensions of the SF-36 (and specifically physical health) 2. EQ-5D for health economic analysis 3. General Perceived Self Efficacy (GSE) Scale 4. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 5. De Jong loneliness scale 6. Health and social care resource use 7. Telephone friendship group call costs question; and, ONS Wellbeing question 8. Socio demographic questionnaire including a self report of health status

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed