Structured Opportunities for Connection to Improve Aging-related Loneliness
ConditionLoneliness
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age55+
SponsorEndeavor Health
About this trial
The goal of this early phase clinical trial is to determine the impact of participation in planned social activities among adults 55 years of age or older, who report feelings of loneliness. The main questions the study aims to answer are:
* With the availability of a personalized community activity plan, will patients with loneliness participate in two hours of social activity each week? * Will 2 hours/week of planned social activities in the community reduce individual reports of loneliness? Participants will meet with a community coordinator to identify community activities of interest to them and then participate, in-person or virtually, in these activities over a 6 month period. Patients will complete a series of surveys at the start of the study and then at 1, 3 and 6 months later.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients 55 years of age or older attending an outpatient visit at an Endeavor Health primary care practice site in Evanston, IL.;
Screened positive for loneliness (often, some of the time, or occasionally) using the one-item Loneliness Screener;
Able to provide informed consent for study participation;
Speaks and understands English language.
Disqualifiers
Prisoners, pregnant women, children
Persons those who are determined to be unable to provide consent
Non-English speakers
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Prescribing of community activities; at least 2 hours per week
BehavioralPersonalized Social Prescriptions will be determined from a broad menu of activities available in the community.
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Social PrescriptionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change in Loneliness score
The primary dependent variable will be change in loneliness as measured by the six-item DeJong Loneliness Scale from baseline to six-months post-social prescription. Scale scores range from 0 to 6 with higher scores representing more loneliness.
Time frame
6 monthsSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov