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

Официальное название

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

Обзор

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.

Подробное описание

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.

Вмешательства

• Поведенческое 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

Первичные конечные точки

• Loneliness [Срок оценки: Change from baseline to 6 months.]

Вторичные конечные точки (5)

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

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• 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

Критерии исключения

• 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

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Не применимо

Модель

Одна группа

Маскирование

Открытое

Основная цель

Профилактика

Центры проведения

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Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT07581171 · 2025-101662-BO-ff

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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