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Table 6 Vote counting stratified by (i) delivery mode, (ii) degree of participation and (iii) intervention type

From: Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review

Study

Delivery mode

Participatory/non-participatory

Intervention type

Theory-based

Social health

Mental health

Physical health

     

Loneliness

Social isolation

Structural social support

Functional social support

Depression

Mental wellbeing

 

Harris & Bodden [67]

Group

Participatory

Activity

Yes

-

-

*

-

-

-

-

Routasalo et al [13]

Group

Participatory

Activity

Yes

-

-

*

-

-

-

-

Fujiwara et al [74]

Group

Participatory

Activity

Yes

-

-

*

ns

-

-

*

Ollonqvist et al [70]

Group

Participatory

Activity

No

ns

-

ns

-

*

-

-

Arnetz & Theorell [60]

Group

Participatory

Activity

No

-

-

*

-

ns

ns

-

Baumgarten et al [61]

Group

Participatory

Activity

No

-

-

ns

ns

ns

-

-

Lokk [69]

Group

Participatory

Support

Yes

ns

-

*

*

*

*

*

Martina & Stevens [75]

Group

Participatory

Support

Yes

ns

-

*

-

-

*

-

Stevens & van Tilburg [77]

Group

Participatory

Support

Yes

ns

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fukui et al [55]

Group

Participatory

Support

Yes

*

-

*

*

-

-

-

Evans & Jaureguy [73]

Group

Participatory

Support

Yes

*

-

*

-

ns

-

-

Kremers et al [68]

Group

Participatory

Support

Yes

*

-

-

-

-

*

-

Toseland et al [53]

Group

Participatory

Support

Yes

-

-

*

ns

-

*

-

Winningham & Pike [63]

Group

Participatory

Support

No

ns

-

-

*

-

-

-

Savelkoul & de Witte [56]

Group

Participatory

Support

No

ns

-

-

-

-

*

*

Rosen & Rosen [76]

Group

Participatory

Support

No

-

ns

*

-

-

ns

-

Constantino [66]

Group

Participatory

Support

No

-

-

*

-

*

-

-

White et al, 2002 [64]

Group

Non-participatory

Internet training

No

ns

-

ns

-

ns

-

-

White et al, 1999 [62]

Group

Non-participatory

Internet training

No

ns

-

-

ns

ns

ns

-

Drentea et al [52]

Mixed mode

Participatory

Support

No

-

-

-

*

-

-

-

Rook & Sorkin [81]

One-to-one

Participatory

Activity

Yes

ns

-

*

ns

ns

ns

-

Brennan et al [51]

One-to-one

Participatory

Support

Yes

-

ns

-

-

ns

-

ns

Toseland & Smith [54]

One-to-one

Participatory

Support

Yes

-

-

ns

ns

-

*

-

Heller et al [58]

One-to-one

Participatory

Support

No

ns

-

-

ns

ns

ns

-

Schulz [59]

One-to-one

Non-participatory

Home visiting

Yes

-

-

*

-

-

*

*

MacIntyre et al [71]

One-to-one

Non-participatory

Home visiting

No

-

-

*

ns

-

-

-

O'Loughlin et al [57]

One-to-one

Non-participatory

Home visiting

No

-

-

ns

ns

-

-

-

Bogat & Jason [78]

One-to-one

Non-participatory

Home visiting

No

-

-

*

-

-

-

-

Mulligan & Bennett [80]

One-to-one

Non-participatory

Home visiting

No

-

ns

-

-

-

ns

-

Slegers et al [72]

One-to-one

Non-participatory

Internet training

No

ns

-

ns

-

ns

ns

-

Fokkema & Knipscheer [79]

One-to-one

Non-participatory

Internet training

No

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bergman-Evans [65]

Service provision

Participatory

Service provision

Yes

ns

-

-

-

*

-

-

  1. Key: '*' = statistically significant (p < 0.05) between-group difference, 'ns' = no statistically significant (p ≥ 0.05) between-group difference, '-' = not measured