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A specific aim of this research is to identify the role of emotion regulation in response to social threat in caregivers' response to a behavioral coaching intervention for loneliness. A second aim of the study is to determine the benefit of a digitized, social engagement prioritization tool for improving coaches' intervention fidelity and caregiver outcomes. This study is funded through the Pilot Award Program of the Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties & Aging Research, a UR Center funded by the National Institute on Aging by grant P30AG064103.


Clinical Trial Description

The objective of this Stage III mechanistic study is to help identify additional modifiable targets and scalable approaches to support further development of highly effective, mechanistic-informed approaches to reducing loneliness and improving social connectedness in caregivers. This study is a Stage III, 19-month 2 (groups) x 2 (assessment timepoints) randomized clinical trial (RCT) aimed at identifying whether lonely caregivers' capacity, is associated with the degree to which loneliness is reduced in response to social engagement intervention (S-ENG). Further, the study will address whether a digitized, social engagement prioritization tool (C4C) used in the first session of S-ENG can improve intervention fidelity and ;


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NCT number NCT05812989
Study type Interventional
Source University of Rochester
Contact Kathi L Heffner, PhD
Phone 585-273-4786
Email kathi_heffner@urmc.rochester.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date October 18, 2023
Completion date May 2025

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