Clinical trials: Loneliness
Pain, Chronic, Loneliness
The Loneliness Epidemic Tailoring Interventions to Reduce Loneliness and Pain
Approximately 24% of community-dwelling older adults are socially isolated, and over 40% of adults 60 and older report feeling lonely.
- Trial name
- NCT05387447
- Testing
- Conversational Voice Assistant (Enhanced), Conversational Voice Assistant (Standard)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Loneliness
Loving Kindness Meditation Among Adults 50 Years and Older
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the feasibility and acceptability of loving-kindness meditation among adults 50 years and older.
- Trial name
- NCT05350449
- Testing
- Loving-kindness Meditation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Delirium, Fall Injury
Care.Coach Avatars for Improvement of Outcomes in Hospitalized Elders, Including Mitigation of Falls and Delirium: a Multi-Site Clinical Study
Through NINR project 1R44NR017842-01 which preceded the present study, the investigators enhanced the care.coach avatar platform to incorporate a robust suite of evidence-based protocols based on the Hospital Elder Life Program…
- Trial name
- AvatarHELP (NCT03832192)
- Testing
- care.coach Avatar (HELP-Protocolized)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Victor Wang
Aging, Physical Dependence
Intelligent Personal Assistant for Managing Depression in Homebound Older Adults
The purpose of this study is to design a companion booklet and pilot test it with a voice-controlled intelligent personal assistants (VIPA), like Google Home or Amazon Alexa, to provide homebound older adult patients with skills…
- Trial name
- NCT04900272
- Testing
- VIPA and companion booklet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Stress, Psychological, Loneliness
Ecological Momentary Assessment and Text Message Intervention for Stress Management
Feasibility and acceptability of an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) compared with an EMA plus automated text message intervention for stress management
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Loneliness, Covid19, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04907942
- Testing
- EMA + EMA and FACE Stress, EMA Alone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Click Therapeutics, Inc.
Loneliness, Quality of Life
The Helping Older People Engage Project: Improving Social Well-Being in Later Life
Older adults who feel lonely carry increased risk for reduced quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Volunteering is a promising intervention for reducing loneliness in later life.
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT03343483)
- Testing
- Volunteering, Life Review
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 291 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Covid19, Mental Health
Mental Health Among Patients, Providers, and Staff During the COVID-19 Era
The Mental Health Among Patients, Providers, and Staff (MHAPPS) Study is designed to study how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health and wellbeing, and how to support mental health while minimizing the burden on the…
- Trial name
- MHAPPS (NCT04700137)
- Testing
- Caring Contacts Plus Introductory Phone Call (CC+), Caring Contacts without an introductory phone call (CC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 666 people
- Sponsor
- St. Luke's Health System, Boise, Idaho
Social Isolation, Loneliness
Connect for Caregivers
Connect for Caregivers is a intervention feasibility pilot study. The purpose of the study is to pilot test a newly developed single session behavioral intervention to help caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease or…
- Trial name
- NCT04919070
- Testing
- Connect for Caregivers
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Depression, Anxiety
Stay Connected: Testing an Intervention to Combat Coronavirus-related Social Isolation Among Older Adults
This study will use the University of Washington's ALACRITY Center's (UWAC) Discover, Design, Build, \& Test (DDBT) method to develop and test an intervention to address the mental health health needs of older adults in senior…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT04966910
- Testing
- Stay Connected, Treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Social Isolation, Loneliness
Mindfulness to Reduce Loneliness in Older Caregivers
The objective of this pilot study is to provide initial evidence of the role of mindfulness training in improving social disconnectedness - including social isolation and feelings of loneliness - in older caregivers for family…
- Trial name
- NCT04560088
- Testing
- Mindfulness, Breathing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Self Efficacy, Loneliness
Putting Life in Years (PLINY): Telephone Friendship Groups Research Study
The National Institute for Health Research commissioned this research with the following research question: "What is the relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness of home based support programmes in improving the mental…
- Trial name
- PLINY (NCT01754753)
- Testing
- Telephone Friendship groups
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 157 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Loneliness, Social Isolation
The Emotional, Physical and Cognitive Benefits of Purposeful Green Space Activities on Seniors
This project explores if various nature based activities can lead to acute improvements in emotional, physical and cognitive health outcomes and encouraging senior center (JABA) service users to return to a safe environment.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Mood, Well Aging
- Trial name
- NCT04913363
- Testing
- Green space
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Technology and Family Thriving Study
The purpose of this project is to test the impact of different forms of technology (virtual reality vs. video chat) on quality of life and family relationships in older adults who reside in senior living communities and an adult…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Caregiver Burnout, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- Thrive (NCT05150990)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality, Video Chat
- Where
- 27 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Enhancing Quality of Life for Older Adults With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Through Social Engagement Over Video Technology
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to rigorously assess the efficacy of an 8-week social engagement OneClick intervention.
- Conditions
- Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Aging Well
- Trial name
- NCT05380180
- Testing
- OneClick Social Engagement Intervention, OneClick Social Engagement Intervention Extension
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Loneliness, Emotional Stress
Twitter Based Social Support for Hispanic and Black Dementia Caregivers
The prevalence of dementia is higher in Hispanics and African Americans than non-Hispanic Whites. Moreover, dementia caregivers often experience loneliness as well decreased health status.
- Trial name
- Tweet-S2 (NCT03865498)
- Testing
- Twitter for Hispanic caregivers, Twitter for African American caregivers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 966 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Engage Psychotherapy to Promote Connectedness in Caregivers
The Engage Coaching Project is a Stage 1 intervention development study. This study asks: "what behavioral strategies are needed to help socially disconnected caregivers with significant barriers to increasing connectedness?"…
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Caregiver Burnout
- Trial name
- NCT04176601
- Testing
- Engage coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Opioid Use, Loneliness
The Association Between Loneliness and Substance Use
The proposed study will determine if cognitive behavioral therapy will help improve loneliness in people who use opioids.
- Trial name
- NCT04938492
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for loneliness (CBT-L), Physical Health Education Training (PHET)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Health, Subjective, Disability, Evaluation
Ageing and Health. Spanish Longitudinal Study
Age with Health is a longitudinal cohort study aimed to examine trajectories of health, disability and wellbeing and their determinants for Spanish ageing population.
- Conditions
- Health, Subjective, Disability, Evaluation, Chronic Disease, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03343886
- Where
- 3 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 7,755 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación de Investigación Biomédica - Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
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
Social Isolation, Loneliness
Engage Coaching for Latinos
This study asks: "what behavioral strategies are needed to help socially disconnected Hispanic/Latino caregivers with significant barriers to increasing connectedness?" This study uses a mixed methods approach to adapt a brief…
- Conditions
- Social Isolation, Loneliness, Caregiver Burnout
- Trial name
- NCT04875065
- Testing
- Engage coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester