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Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults

NCT04523610 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2025-05-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

COVID-19 is having profound effects on older adults' due to social isolation measures which may negatively impact individuals' mental and physical health. Recently, a telephone program, the Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults (TIP-OA), was created. In this program, a volunteer is calling older adults (age≥60) every week to have a friendly conversation. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this telephone program (TIP-OA) in reducing stress, improving the mental health of program users, and understand their experiences.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Telehealth phone calls

The volunteer-based weekly Telehealth support primarily provides program users with friendly listening/conversation. Volunteers will also inquire about their general wellbeing, provide information about COVID-19, and ask if the older adult needs any help or support (e.g. food delivery, medication from their pharmacy).

OTHER

Volunteer of TIP-OA Program

Participant is a volunteer of the TIP-OA Program

OTHER

Stakeholder of TIP-OA Program

Participant is a stakeholder of the TIP-OA Program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lady Davis Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Soham Rej, MD/MSc · Lady Davis Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-02
Primary Completion
2021-10-01
Completion
2022-10-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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