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Sauna for Offline Connections and Interactive, Authentic Living

ConditionLoneliness
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19-25
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

About this trial

This pilot trial will test an intervention (sauna visits) targeting reductions in loneliness in adults aged 19-25 years.

Participants will:

* Visit a sauna in San Francisco once per week for 2 hours by themselves or with a friend, for 8 weeks total * Complete online surveys throughout their participation

The main question this pilot trial aims to answer are:

* To what extent do participants find the study design acceptable? * To what extent do participants complete the weekly sauna visits? * To what extent do participants complete the weekly online surveys?

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Aged 19-25

English-speaking

Able to provide written informed consent

Graduated from high school or high school equivalent

Disqualifiers

Self-reported heat intolerance

Pregnancy, active lactation, or intention to become pregnant during the study period

Regular use of any nicotine products, including cigarettes, vapes, chewing tobacco, or other forms of nicotine (if use is not regular, must be willing to refrain for 24 hours before and 24 hours after sauna visits)

Current social heat practices 2 or more times per month (e.g., visiting sauna or hot tub facilities with others present)

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sauna Visits

    Behavioral

    Weekly 2-hour visits to a sauna in San Francisco by themselves or with one person of their choice for 8 weeks.

Treatment groups

15 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Sauna VisitsExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Participation Acceptability

Average rating on the following net promoter item: "Thinking about everything that participating in this study involved (completing screening activities, visiting the sauna, doing questionnaires), would you recommend participating in this study to a friend or family member looking to reduce their feelings of loneliness?"

Time frame
8 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Intervention Adherence

Proportion of study sauna visits attended (out of 8)

Time frame
8 weeks
2

Weekly Survey Completion

Proportion of weekly surveys completed (out of 8)

Time frame
8 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of California, San Francisco

Lead sponsor

Tiny Blue Dot Foundation

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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