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Social Experiment on the Impact of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) Use on Older People's Wellbeing
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Facebook course and Lifestyle Course for Loneliness and Social Isolation. Completed, enrolled 180 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The Ageing in a Networked Society -Social Experiment study (ANS-SE) is a randomised controlled trial on older people residing in Abbiategrasso, a middle-size city located in the Milan area (Italy) and aims to assess the impact of SNS use on loneliness, that is the primary outcome of this study. The study is constituted of two stages, i.e. the baseline and the follow up. The experiment is structured into two treatment groups and a control group; the interventions are the attendance to a course on SNS use (T1) and lifestyle education and brain functioning (T2). The control group (C) is constituted of a waiting list. The study is part of the project "Aging in a networked society. Older people, social networks and well-being", funded by the Italian Fondazione Cariplo.
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Interventions
The intervention consists of the attendance to a course on Facebook and Social Networking Sites use
The intervention consists of the attendance to a course on lifestyle education and brain functioning in older people