Social Connectedness Clinical Trial
Official title:
Improving Social Connectedness in Homebound Older Adults by Integrating a Brief Evidence-Based Telehealth Intervention Into Area Agency on Aging Services
To assess the reach and effectiveness of a behavioral activation intervention for older adults experiencing low social connectedness by Area Agency on Aging Staff.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 60 |
Est. completion date | December 30, 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | August 30, 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 60 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Older adults (age>60) will be enrolled because they are the target population served by the home-delivered meals program and the target sample for this study. Exclusion Criteria: - Clinically significant depression (Patient Health Questionnaire; PHQ-9 = 10) or active suicide risk (Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale; C-SSRS), or Cognitive Impairment (Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test>9) - Clients who score 1 or greater on question 9 of the PHQ-9 will be further assessed for suicide risk using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) - Clients will meet exclusion criteria for a positive response to any item - We will exclude older adults with uncorrectable hearing or vision impairment rendering them unable to use the tele-conferencing equipment. - Those who cannot speak English and have impaired decision-making capacity - Adults unable to consent will be excluded - Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers) will be excluded - Pregnant women will be excluded - Prisoners will be excluded |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon | New Hampshire |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Social Connectedness A, Baseline | 10-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI) | before the intervention | |
Primary | Social Connectedness A, Change from Baseline to Post Intervention | 10-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI) | immediately following the intervention | |
Primary | Social Connectedness A, Change from Post Intervention to Follow Up | 10-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI) | 12 weeks post intervention | |
Primary | Social Connectedness B, Baseline | 8-item PROMIS Social Isolation Scale | before the intervention | |
Primary | Social Connectedness B, Change from Baseline to Post Intervention | 8-item PROMIS Social Isolation Scale | immediately following the intervention | |
Primary | Social Connectedness B, Change from Post Intervention to Follow Up | 8-item PROMIS Social Isolation Scale | 12 weeks post-intervention | |
Secondary | Intervention Reach | Reach will be determined by the proportion of eligible agency clients who agree participate in the study. | 12 Months |
Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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Active, not recruiting |
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