Putting Life in Years (PLINY): Telephone Friendship Groups Research Study

NCT01754753 | Terminated Results DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 09-3004-0128645428
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 157
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The National Institute for Health Research commissioned this research with the following research question: "What is the relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness of home based support programmes in improving the mental wellbeing of older people living in their own homes?" The project will evaluate whether telephone friendship groups, delivered by the voluntary sector over the telephone, can improve the mental wellbeing of older people aged 75 or over. The research will also:

1. 1.Identify the psychosocial and environmental factors, as well as implementation issues that may mediate or modify the effectiveness of the intervention using qualitative methods. This will include examining: 1.1. Assess voluntary sector readiness to take forward new forms of services; 1.2. The best modes of delivery of telephone support/friendship; 1.3. Assess how volunteers (facilitators) can be supported and retained; and, 1.4. The extent to which fidelity of the intervention is maintained within and across the participating organisations.
2. 2.Determine if there is any lasting impact upon mental wellbeing by repeat measurement with all participants 12 months following baseline measurement
3. 3.Examine whether there is any significant improvement on the physical dimension of the SF-36 at 6 months and 12 months, following baseline measure, for the intervention arm compared with usual care.
4. 4.Measure the extent of use of health and social care, and community facilities by participants over time to determine whether the intervention is cost effective compared with usual care.

Conditions

Self Efficacy; Loneliness

Keywords

Mental well-being; Befriending

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• SF-36 Mental Health Dimension

  The Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) is a 36 item scale, which measures eight domains of health status: physical functioning (10 items); physical role limitations (four items); bodily pain (two items); general health perceptions (five items); energy/vitality (four items); social functioning (two items); emotional role limitations (three items) and mental health (five items). A scoring algorithm is used to convert the raw scores into the eight dimensions listed above. The scores are transformed to range from zero where the respondent has the worst possible health to 100 where the respondent is in the best possible health.

  SF36 at 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Other Dimensions of the SF-36 (and Specifically Physical Health)

  SF36 other dimensions at 6 months

• EQ-5D for Health Economic Analysis

  EQ-5D at 6 months

• General Perceived Self Efficacy (GSE) Scale

  GSE at 6 months

• Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

  PHQ-9 at 6 months

• De Jong Loneliness Scale

  De Jong at 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Telephone friendship groups

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants allocated to telephone friendship groups will take part in 12 weekly group telephone discussions. The participant will be called, by a trained Age UK Sheffield volunteer, in their own home. The group discussions will take place for about an hour each week and involve between 6-8 participants. Participants will be introduced to weekly group calls by the volunteer who will call each participant individually for around 20 minutes each week for up to six weeks before the group is established. The group may have a particular focus or talk about different topics each week. The individual participants are joined together through a teleconferencing system (provided by Community Network).

Other: Telephone Friendship groups

Usual health and social care

NO INTERVENTION

Participants allocated to the control arm will not receive any research intervention. However, they will participate in the research by completing questionnaires about their health and wellbeing.

Interventions

Telephone Friendship groups OTHER

Telephone friendship groups

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 75 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 75 years or over
• Good cognitive function, defined as Six Cognitive Impairment Test Brooke P, Bullock R, 1999) score of 7 or under;
• Living independently (including those who are co-resident with others) or in sheltered/ extra care housing;
• Able to understand and converse in English.

You may not qualify if:

• Aged 74 years or younger
• CIT score of 8 or more
• In residential/ nursing care homes
• Unable to understand and converse in English
• Unable to converse on the telephone with assertive technology 6. Already receiving a telephone intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Sheffield: lead
• University of Southampton: collaborator
• Northumbria University: collaborator
• Bangor University: collaborator
• Age UK: collaborator
• Community Network: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The University of Sheffield

Sheffield, S1 4DA, United Kingdom

Location

Related Links

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Daniel Hind - Assistant Director Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit
• Organization: The University of Sheffield

d.hind@sheffield.ac.uk

441142220707

Study Officials

• Gail A Mountain

  University of Sheffield

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 12, 2012
• First Posted: December 21, 2012
• Study Start: June 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2013
• Study Completion: April 1, 2013
• Last Updated: February 23, 2021
• Results First Posted: February 1, 2021

Record last verified: 2016-05

Locations

GB (1)