Impact of the HELPeN Program on Social Isolation in Community-dwelling Elders (HELPeN)
NCT ID: NCT05644288
Last Updated: 2022-12-09
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
84 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-12-01
2025-12-31
Brief Summary
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Methodology Two-arm parallel stratified randomized clinical trial with 12 months duration performing measurements at time 0, 3, 6, 6, 9 and 12 months.
Participating subjects will be selected by nursing professionals from users of Area 3 of Health of the Region of Murcia over 65 years old, residing in the community and with a Social Isolation score \<32 (Low perceived social support with DUFSS). Randomization will be performed after stratification according to whether the subjects live alone or accompanied, with a 1:1 ratio. Given an alpha level of 0.05, an anticipated effect size of 1.58, beta power equal to 1, 42 subjects are required in each group.
The intervention consists of a telephonic telenursing program HELPeN (Help eNursing) to be carried out in collaboration with the Poncemar Volunteer Bank.
The control group will not receive any intervention.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
The proposed intervention is a telephonic telenursing program aimed at managing social isolation in the elderly, the HELPeN (Help eNursing) program.
The operational part of the intervention will be carried out by volunteers nursing students from the University of Murcia enrolled in the academic years 2020-2023. To ensure homogeneity in the intervention carried out by the volunteers they will receive a 15-hour training oriented to ensure the acquisition of essential communication skills for the implementation of the intervention and to know the specific interventions of support and counseling for the elderly in social isolation.
Help eNursing
The proposed intervention is a telephonic telenursing program aimed at managing social isolation in the elderly, the HELPeN (Help eNursing) program.
The operational part of the intervention will be carried out by volunteers nursing students from the University of Murcia enrolled in the academic years 2020-2023. To ensure homogeneity in the intervention carried out by the volunteers they will receive a 15-hour training oriented to ensure the acquisition of essential communication skills for the implementation of the intervention and to know the specific interventions of support and counseling for the elderly in social isolation.
Over the 36 weeks of the HELPeN Program, each volunteer is expected to provide intervention to 2 seniors, making 1 call per week to each subject lasting approximately 30 minutes. Students will perform physical and psychosocial assessments of the elders and create individualized care plans based on each subject's needs.
Control group
No intervention will be performed in the control group and the subjects will be contacted on the same dates as the intervention group for data collection.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Help eNursing
The proposed intervention is a telephonic telenursing program aimed at managing social isolation in the elderly, the HELPeN (Help eNursing) program.
The operational part of the intervention will be carried out by volunteers nursing students from the University of Murcia enrolled in the academic years 2020-2023. To ensure homogeneity in the intervention carried out by the volunteers they will receive a 15-hour training oriented to ensure the acquisition of essential communication skills for the implementation of the intervention and to know the specific interventions of support and counseling for the elderly in social isolation.
Over the 36 weeks of the HELPeN Program, each volunteer is expected to provide intervention to 2 seniors, making 1 call per week to each subject lasting approximately 30 minutes. Students will perform physical and psychosocial assessments of the elders and create individualized care plans based on each subject's needs.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Residence in the community
Exclusion Criteria
* Non Spanish speakers
* Failure to consent to the study
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III
OTHER_GOV
Fundación Poncemar
UNKNOWN
MARIA RUZAFA MARTINEZ
OTHER
Responsible Party
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MARIA RUZAFA MARTINEZ
Associate Professor. Faculty of Nursing. University of Murcia
Principal Investigators
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César Leal-Costa, RN, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Universidad de Murcia
María Ruzafa-Martínez, RN, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Universidad de Murcia
Locations
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Healthcare Area III. Region of Murcia
Lorca, Murcia, Spain
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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María J Hernández-López, RN
Role: primary
Solanger Hernández-Méndez, RN, PhD
Role: backup
Other Identifiers
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PI21/00984
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id