Time period in interviews conducted Sample size. In order to allow programme areas to take these issues into account, relevant details on each survey are contained in Annex One, along with sources of additional information. Mandatory Measures MEASURE INDICATOR BACKGROUND SCORING COMPARATIVE DATA Social isolation and loneliness OU1: Social I experience a general This scale was chosen as the Three separate scores: TNS Omnibus (2016) and sense of emptiness primary outcomes measure for the emotional There are plenty of people CMF because it allows us to Overall mean average Overall mean average: loneliness scale of 1.6 isolation I can rely on when I have measure overall loneliness as well as – 0-6 Social loneliness mean De Jong problems differentiating between social and Social loneliness average: 0.9 Gierveld are many people I emotional loneliness. It has been mean average: scale of 0-3 Emotional loneliness (DJG) scale can trust completely widely used across Europe and Emotional loneliness mean average: 0.7. are enough people I and evaluated. mean average: scale of 0-3. feel close to I miss having people The six-scale, three response Indicators #1, #5 and #6 on the around shortened version of the scale is left cover emotional loneliness. I often feel rejected. used in the CMF. Answer options and ‘Yes’ ‘More or Less’ are scored 1, is ‘No’ (Yes, More or less, No) Further details (and information on scored 0. the differences between the DJG and UCLA measures) can be accessed Indicators #2, #3 and #4 on the via Campaign To End Loneliness, left cover social loneliness. Measuring Your Impact on Answer options is scored ‘Yes’ Loneliness in Later Life. Available 0, and or Less’ are ‘No’ ‘More here: scored 1.
Time period in interviews conducted Sample size. In order to allow programme areas to take these issues into account, relevant details on each survey are contained in Annex One, along with sources of additional information. Mandatory Measures MEASURE INDICATOR BACKGROUND SCORING COMPARATIVE DATA Social isolation and loneliness OU1: Social and emotional isolation – De Jong Gierveld (DJG) scale I experience a general sense of emptiness There are plenty of people I can rely on when I have problems are many people I can trust completely are enough people I feel close to I miss having people around I often feel rejected. (Yes, More or less, No) This scale was chosen as the primary outcomes measure for the CMF because it allows us to measure overall loneliness as well as differentiating between social and emotional loneliness. It has been widely used across Europe and and evaluated. The six-scale, three response shortened version of the scale is used in the CMF. Further details (and information on the differences between the DJG and UCLA measures) can be accessed via Campaign To End Loneliness, Measuring Your Impact on Loneliness in Later Life. Available here: Three separate scores: Overall mean average loneliness scale of 0-6 Social loneliness mean average: scale of 0-3 Emotional loneliness mean average: scale of 0-3. Indicators #1, #5 and #6 on the left cover emotional loneliness. Answer options ‘Yes’ and ‘More or Less’ are scored 1, ‘No’ is scored 0. Indicators #2, #3 and #4 on the left cover social loneliness. Answer options ‘Yes’ is scored 0, ‘No’ and ‘More or Less’ are scored 1. TNS Omnibus (2016) Overall mean average: 1.6 Social loneliness mean average: 0.9 Emotional loneliness mean average: 0.7.
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