Dr Danny Hind (Clinical Trials ResearchUnit, University of Sheffield) and others recently published a paper in the Journal of Public Health Research entitled: "Putting life in years (PLINY): a randomised controlled trial and mixed-methods process evaluation of a telephone friendship intervention to improve mental well-being in independently living older people".
The PLINY project aimed to assess whether
or not telephone friendship groups can help improve the well-being of older
adults in their own homes. The study aimed to recruit 248 participants in a
year.
GPs informed people ≤ 75 about the study and participants’ were then randomised to receive either the telephone friendship group or control group. All participants were asked about their quality of life at the beginning of the study and 6 months later.
Unfortunately, the trial closed early due
to being unable to recruit a sufficient number of volunteers to run the
service.
This paper suggests that
small voluntary sector organisations may be unable to recruit, train and retain
adequate numbers of volunteers to implement services for the numbers of people
who might benefit and identifies how these risks might be
managed by using multiple providers and geographical sites to recruit and
manage volunteers.
To access the paper please click here.
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