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. 2023 Jun 22;19(3):e1340.
doi: 10.1002/cl2.1340. eCollection 2023 Sep.

PROTOCOL: In-person interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness: An evidence and gap map

Vivian Welch  1 , Elizabeth Tanjong Ghogomu  2 , Sierra Dowling  1 , Wan Yuen Choo  3 , Raudah M Yunus  4 , Tengku A M Tengku Mohd  5 , Niobe Haitas  6 , Sivan Bomze  7   7 , Simone Dahrouge  1 , Edward Garcia  8 , Julianne Holt-Lunstad  9 , Mathias Lasgaard  10 , Michelle H Lim  11   12 , Kate Mulligan  13 , Douglas M Salzwedel  14 , Pamela Qualter  15 , Paul C Hébert  16 , Christopher Mikton  17
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PROTOCOL: In-person interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness: An evidence and gap map

Vivian Welch et al. Campbell Syst Rev. .

Abstract

This is the protocol for an evidence and gap map. The objectives are as follows: This EGM aims to map available evidence on the effects of in-person interventions to reduce social isolation and/or loneliness across all age groups in all settings.

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