Design, implementation and evaluation of informal home care support intervention program for lonely older adults in the community: Protocol for a feasibility study

• Elham Lotfalinezhad,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Department of Health Education and Promotion, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Haidar Nadrian ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  * E-mail: haidarnadrian@gmail.com

  Affiliation Medical Education Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3129-2475

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• Ahmad Kousha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Health Education and Promotion, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Karen Andersen-Ranberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, Consultant Physician, Dept. of Geriatrics, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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• Mohamed Asghari Jafarabadi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliations Cabrini Research, Cabrini Health, Malvern, Victoria, Australia, School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Ahmad Sohrabi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Cancer Control Research Center, Cancer Control Foundation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mina Hashemiparast,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Health Education & Promotion, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

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• Mohammad Reza Honarvar,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Health Management and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

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• Shannon Freeman

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Nursing, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

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