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

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mountain, Gail A ^a   Hind, Daniel ^a   Gossage Worrall, Rebecca ^a   Walters, Stephen J ^a   Duncan, Rosie ^a   Newbould, Louise ^a   Rex, Saleema ^a   Jones, Carys ^b   Bowling, Ann ^c   Cattan, Mima ^d   Cairns, Angela ^e   Cooper, Cindy ^a   Edwards, Rhiannon T ^b   Goyder, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Institute for Industry   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Community Network ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELEPHONE BEFRIENDING; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; AGED; AGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRIEND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUP PROCESS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899989080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-141     Document Type: Article

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