NCT06382181

A Multimodal Intervention for Community-dwelling Individuals With Unwanted Loneliness

A Multimodal Intervention for Community-dwelling Individuals With Unwanted Loneliness: Music Therapy, Health Education, and Physical Exercise

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The absence of social relationships negatively affects physical, psychological, and social health. In other words, it alters people's quality of life and makes active aging difficult. The investigators have designed a study to reduce unwanted loneliness in people over 65 living in the community through multiple interventions (music therapy, health education, and physical exercise).

Detailed description

The proposed study will involve 4 group sessions each week for a total of 13 weeks. The program will include the following activities: Physical exercise adapted to the physical conditions of each participant. Total of 26 sessions (2 per week). Health education workshops. A total of 12 workshops. These will include group training talks on the following topics: sleep hygiene, diet, and cognitive stimulation, among others. Music therapy workshops. Through listening to songs, singing, dancing, guided relaxation with music, and group instrumental performance, the enjoyment and expression of feelings will be encouraged. There will be 1 session per week. Total 12 sessions.

Conditions

• Loneliness
• Mental Health Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Music therapy for community-dwelling individuals with unwanted loneliness	Music therapy workshops were implemented. The enjoyment and expression of feelings were encouraged by listening to songs, singing, dancing, guided relaxation with music, and group instrumental performance. There was one session per week. Total 12 sessions.
BEHAVIORAL	Health education for community-dwelling individuals with unwanted loneliness	Twelve health education workshops were carried out. They included group training talks on the following topics: sleep hygiene, diet, and cognitive stimulation, among others.
BEHAVIORAL	Physical exercise for community-dwelling individuals with unwanted loneliness	This intervention was implemented with 2 group sessions each week for 13 weeks. It included physical exercise adapted to the physical conditions of each participant.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-07-01
• Completion: 2023-07-31
• First posted: 2024-04-24
• Last updated: 2024-04-24

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Spain