Clinical trials: Loneliness
Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders (SCI/D)
Caring Connections: A Program to Alleviate Social Isolation and Loneliness in Individuals Living With Spinal Cord Injury
This study will use a randomized controlled design with an active attention control group to evaluate an intervention intended to reduce social isolation and loneliness in persons with SCI/D.
- Trial name
- NCT05295108
- Testing
- Caring Connections, Attention control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Chicago Association for Research and Education in Science
Loneliness
INcreasing Adolescent Social and Community SupporT - Full Trial
Background: Social Prescribing is a mechanism of connecting patients with non-medical forms of support within the community and has been shown to improve loneliness. Yet update from young people has been lower than for adults.
- Trial name
- INACT (NCT07154225)
- Testing
- Social Prescribing, Signposting
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 215 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Depression, Loneliness
Empower@Home:Connected - Feasibility and Preliminary Effect Study
This single-group trial will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effect of a novel group-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for older adults with elevated depressive symptoms.
- Conditions
- Depression, Loneliness, Social Isolation, Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05732740
- Testing
- Empower@Home:Connected
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Loneliness, Self-Efficacy
Digital Storytelling-Based Psychoeducation for Loneliness and Self-Efficacy in Adults Aged 65-74
This study is testing whether a psychoeducation program developed using digital storytelling affects loneliness and self-efficacy in adults aged 65 to 74.
- Trial name
- NCT07878715
- Testing
- Digital Storytelling-Based Psychoeducation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Şura KILIÇ
Loneliness
Reduce Loneliness in Care Partners of Persons With AD/ADRD
More than 60% of care partners of persons with AD/ADRD report feeling lonely. Building on the existing evidence that increasing meaning and purpose in life is a strong predictor of decreased loneliness, interventions to reduce…
- Trial name
- NCT05460494
- Testing
- RELOAD-C
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Community Navigators
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion (TU Collaborative) is testing a community navigation intervention study based upon effective health navigation models by conducting a randomized controlled trial of the…
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- Navigators (NCT06594029)
- Testing
- Community Navigator Intervention, Control Group
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Healthy Aging, Cognitive Change
A Digital Active Aging Training Program for Older Adults
The proposed project aims to develop and validate a multi-dimensional digital active aging program integrated with resilience to promote the biopsychosocial functions of older adults aged 60, including Chinese older immigrants in…
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Cognitive Change, Psychological Stress, Loneliness
- Trial name
- AAT (NCT06270862)
- Testing
- Resilience training, cognitive training, physical exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Depression, Anxiety
SALSA (Health, Food and Sociability): Community Networks for Healthy Eating, Autonomy, and Social Interaction
Antecedents: Unwanted loneliness is associated with an increased risk of anxiety, depression, social isolation, and malnutrition.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Social Support (Formal and Informal), Quality of Life (QOL)
- Trial name
- SALSA (NCT06800027)
- Testing
- SALSA group intervention: Going to lunch at the restaurant in a group and attending healthy eating workshops.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Patient Engagement, Stress
myHealthHub for Older Adult Inpatients
This study will assess "myHealthhub" in hospitalized older adults throughout 5 days of their hospital stay. The investigators propose a mixed method randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing myHealthHub platform vs.
- Conditions
- Patient Engagement, Stress, Loneliness, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05450445
- Testing
- myHealthHub, TV-only
- Sponsor
- Lady Davis Institute
Loneliness
Validation of a Psychological Fragility Questionnary in the Elderly in Isolation
Social isolation and loneliness of the elderly have become major public health problems, because of the deleterious consequences if not lethal they can generate.
- Trial name
- MUTAC (NCT02914080)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Loneliness
Modifiers and Mechanisms of Loneliness Interventions
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.
- Trial name
- NCT05812989
- Testing
- Social Engage Coaching, Connect for Caregivers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Anxiety, Depression
The Effects of Animal Assisted Therapy in Outpatient Psychiatry Clinics
This study will examine whether a session of animal-assisted therapy reduces anxiety levels and improves long-term clinical outcomes of outpatient psychiatric patients in regard to their Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychiatric or Mood Diseases or Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT05326074
- Testing
- Animal assisted therapy cohort
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Loneliness
The Economic Consequences of Loneliness Among the Elderly
Elderly individuals across the world are increasingly living alone. However, little is known about the effects of loneliness on economic and health outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT04225845
- Testing
- Phone therapy, Cash transfer
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 1,120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Resilience, Anxiety
Music Breathing in Enhancing Resilience Among Elders at Risk of Mental Health Problems
The goal of this pilot randomised controlled trial is to examine the effects of a mindfulness-based music breathing intervention in enhancing resilience (primary outcome), and in reducing anxiety, depressive symptoms, loneliness…
- Conditions
- Resilience, Anxiety, Depressive Symptom, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT07631845
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based music breathing intervention, control group
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Nursing Caries, Laughter
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Loneliness, Anger and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Visually Impaired Individuals
Purpose: This project aimed to examine the effects of laughter yoga, which is accepted as an international nursing initiative, on loneliness, anger and salivary cortisol levels in visually impaired individuals.
- Conditions
- Nursing Caries, Laughter, Visual Impairment, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT06308601
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Ege University
Depression
Reminiscence Therapy on Depression, Self Esteem, Life Satisfaction, and Loneliness of the Elderly
The primary hypothesis is, comparing with the control group, reminiscence therapy is significantly and clinically effective to improve the experiment group's depressive symptoms after six weeks therapy, and the efficacy can be…
- Trial name
- NCT01553669
- Testing
- reminiscence therapy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
Loneliness
Testing a Nature-based Social Intervention on Loneliness: the RECETAS-BCN Trial
RECETAS (Re-imagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces) is an European project (H2020 No 945095) that aims to reduce loneliness by linking lonely people to…
- Trial name
- RECETAS-BCN (NCT05488496)
- Testing
- Nature-based social intervention (NBSI), referred as Friends in Nature (FiN), Usual care + menu with nature-based activities
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Pregnancy, Maternal Anxiety
Music Listening During NST Monitoring
This study evaluated whether listening to music during routine non-stress test (NST) monitoring affects fetal parameters and maternal psychological outcomes.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Maternal Anxiety, Fetal Well-Being
- Trial name
- NCT07414641
- Testing
- Music Listening During NST
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biruni University
Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee
Feasibility of Choose to Move Replacement Ready
Choose to Move (CTM) is a 3-month, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults being scaled-up across British Columbia (BC), Canada.
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee, Osteoarthritis, Hip, Total Knee Arthroplasty; Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Trial name
- CTM-RR (NCT07069179)
- Testing
- Choose to Move Replacement Ready
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Distress
Massed and Spaced HMP App Dosage Study
This study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of 2 weeks of the Healthy Minds Program (HMP) app Connection module in undergraduate students of a large, midwestern state university in the United States during the spring of…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Distress, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT04741529
- Testing
- Healthy Minds Program app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 351 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison