Table 1 Aims, methodologies, data sources and analyses applied
Aim and sub-study | Research question | Methodology | Data source | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Explore the relationship between social relations, health status and use of healthcare services among middle-aged people | What is the relationship between social relations, health status and use of healthcare services? | Social epidemiological approach based on analyses in dataset consisting of survey and register data | Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank (CAMB) and national register data from the Public Health Database (n = 7191) | Descriptive and multivariate correlation analyses |
How is the relationship between social relations, health status and use of healthcare services modified by loneliness? | Social epidemiological approach based on analyses in dataset consisting of survey and register data | Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank (CAMB) and national register data from the Public Health Database (n = 7191) | Descriptive and multivariate correlation analyses | |
Explore individual and contextual factors affecting implementation of the group-based life story intervention aimed at establishing and strengthening social relations among older people at nursing homes | What are participants’ and group-leaders’ experiences with the implementation? | Multi-perspective longitudinal approach conducting qualitative semi-structured interviews and participant observations | Intervention participants and group-leaders (n = 16) | Qualitative content analysis |
How are the implementation processes affected by individual factors and contextual factors? | Multi-perspective longitudinal approach conducting qualitative semi-structured interviews and participant observations | Intervention participants and group-leaders (n = 16) | Qualitative content analysis |