The effectiveness of facilitator-led remote interactive intervention for loneliness, quality of life, and social support among seniors in communities during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled experiment.

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-21 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2023.2261024

Chia-Wen Liu, Pei-Lun Hsieh, Shang-Yu Yang, Ying-Lien Lin, Jiun-Yi Wang

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Abstract

Objective: This study investigated the impact of a 12-week remote interaction intervention on loneliness, quality of life, and social support for seniors living in a community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This study adopted a randomized controlled trial design. Participants in the intervention group received a 12-week bidirectional remote interaction intervention, while participants in the control group received a 12-week unidirectional remote interaction intervention. The study's primary assessment tools were the UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF Scale (WHOQOL-BREF).

Results: The main findings indicate that the intervention group scored significantly higher than the control group on the WHOQOL-BREF in the physical health and social relationships domains after the intervention. In addition, intervention group participants with low loneliness scored significantly higher than their control group counterparts in the physical health and social relationships domains of the WHOQOL-BREF. Similarly, intervention group participants with high loneliness scored significantly higher than their control group counterparts in the social relationships domain of the WHOQOL-BREF. However, there was no significant difference in loneliness scores between the intervention and control groups.

Conclusions: This result confirms that providing intensive bidirectional interaction benefits seniors' quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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新冠肺炎大流行期间社区老年人孤独、生活质量和社会支持的促进者远程互动干预的有效性：一项随机对照实验。

目的：本研究调查了新冠肺炎大流行期间，为期12周的远程互动干预对居住在社区的老年人的孤独感、生活质量和社会支持的影响。方法：采用随机对照试验设计。干预组的参与者接受了为期12周的双向远程交互干预，而对照组的参与者则接受了为期十二周的单向远程交互干预。该研究的主要评估工具是加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独感量表（UCLA）和世界卫生组织生活质量BREF量表（WHOQOL-BREF）。结果：主要研究结果表明，干预组在干预后的身体健康和社会关系领域的WHOQOL-BREF得分显著高于对照组。此外，在WHOQOL-BREF的身体健康和社会关系领域，低孤独感干预组参与者的得分显著高于对照组参与者。同样，在WHOQOL-BREF的社会关系领域，具有高度孤独感的干预组参与者的得分显著高于对照组参与者。然而，干预组和对照组之间的孤独感得分没有显著差异。结论：这一结果证实，在新冠肺炎大流行期间，提供密集的双向互动有利于老年人的生活质量。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.