Effectiveness of nature-based group intervention in loneliness and health-related quality-of-life in lonely older adults living in assisted living facilities—a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction Nature experienced with peers may mitigate the harmful outcomes of loneliness on health and wellbeing. The H2020 RECETAS 'Friends in Nature (FiN)-Helsinki' group intervention for lonely older adults in Helsinki assisted living facilities (ALFs) aimed to investigate the effects on partic...

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Published in:	Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 15
Main Authors:	Pitkälä, Kaisu H, Rautiainen, Laura, Kautiainen, Hannu, Aalto, Ulla L, Kolster, Annika, Laakkonen, Marja-Liisa, Partonen, Timo, Roitto, Hanna-Maria, Puntscher, Sibylle, Rochau, Ursula
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Feb2026
Subjects:	Ecology Health status indicators Self-efficacy Evaluation of human services programs Sex distribution Loneliness Psychological well-being Randomized controlled trials Age distribution Social context Quality of life Congregate housing Social support Psychological tests Group process Social participation Psychosocial factors Old age Statistical power analysis Research funding Statistical sampling Frail elderly Multiple regression analysis Naturopathy Descriptive statistics Confidence intervals Comparative studies Data analysis software
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