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Creating Encounters Between Generations - Together Instead of Alone (GemsE)

No phase Interventional Loneliness Mental Well-being Health-related Quality of Life

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Mechanisms and effectiveness of intergenerational tandems.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Loneliness, Mental Well-being, Health-related Quality of Life. Basic parameters: from 12 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
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Official title

Creating Encounters: Generations in Action - Together Instead of Alone (GemsE)

Overview

Elderly people and children and young people (CYP) and from families with mentally ill parents are particularly affected by loneliness. The GemsE project is investigating whether intergenerational mentoring between seniors and children or young people helps to reduce loneliness and improve the mental well-being and quality of life of both groups. The aim of the study is to scientifically record the effect of these sponsorships and to find out how such encounters can be successfully organized.

Detailed description

The GemsE project - Creating Encounters: Generations in Action - Together Instead of Alone is an interventional study evaluating intergenerational mentoring between seniors and CYP from families with parents who have mental illness. The aim is to build stable, voluntary relationships that reduce loneliness and improve the mental well-being and health-related quality of life of both groups.

As part of the study, approximately 40 seniors and 40 children or adolescents will be accompanied in sponsorships over a period of six months. The impact of the sponsorships will be measured using standardized, validated questionnaires on loneliness, psychosocial well-being, and health-related quality of life. The results should provide insights into how intergenerational sponsorships can be effectively designed and integrated into psychosocial care services.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Mechanisms and effectiveness of intergenerational tandems
    The project Creating Encounters Between Generations - Together Instead of Alone (German acronym GemsE) aims to provide social support and integration for both groups by establishing tandems between lonely senior citizens and COPMI, and to scientifically evaluate the effectiveness of these tandems. The tandems run for six months, with weekly meetings between senior and CYP. The tandems consist of weekly individual meetings with joint activities such as playing games, learning, cooking, or going f

Primary outcome measures

  • Loneliness [Time frame: Change from baseline to 6 months.]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
  • Mental well-being [Time frame: Change from baseline to 6 months.]
  • Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults [Time frame: Change from baseline to 6 months.]
  • Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents [Time frame: Change from baseline to 6 months.]
  • Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults (EQ-5D-5L) [Time frame: Change from baseline to 6 months]
  • Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents (EQ-5D-Y-5L) [Time frame: Change from baseline to 6 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Older adults aged 60 years and older who are residents of Hamburg
  • Children and adolescents aged 12 to 21 years with at least one parent with a mental illness and who are residents of Hamburg
  • Sufficient German language proficiency
  • Ability and willingness to provide informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Children and adolescents with severe acute psychological symptoms requiring inpatient treatment, including acute suicidality, acute substance use, or acute psychotic symptoms
  • Older adults with acute psychological crises or untreated severe mental illness preventing reliable participation
  • Older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia preventing reliable participation in the intervention

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
N/A
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Prevention

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07581171 · 2025-101662-BO-ff

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗