Table 1.
Population | Older adults (mean age 65 years and older) living independently in a community setting with any participant reporting a history of falling (ie, regardless of the proportion of the sample who fell) |
Intervention | Any intervention for social isolation or loneliness |
Comparator | Usual care or another intervention for social isolation or loneliness |
Outcomes | Any quantitative measures of changes in social isolation or loneliness Examples: the quantity of social interactions, Lubben Social Network Scale for social isolation, De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale, Bude and Lantermann Scale for social exclusion, etc |
Study designs | Randomised controlled trial (RCT), non-RCT, quasiexperimental, interrupted time series, controlled or uncontrolled before-after studies, case–control studies, cohort studies |
Time | No time restrictions |