NCT03446963

Social Connectedness Group Intervention in Depression

Feasibility Study of the Groups for Health Intervention for Adults Accessing Treatment for Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Nottingham · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the feasibility of the Groups for Health (G4H) intervention for adults accessing support for depression in the UK. G4H targets improvements in adults' interpersonal functioning in order to reduce feelings of loneliness. The study will adapt the G4H intervention for delivery to adults seeking treatment for depression in the UK and estimate trial parameters (recruitment, retention, missing data and acceptability) of the adapted intervention, prior to a definitive trial. A mixed methods design of interviews and a single group, pre-post study will be employed.

Detailed description

Background: Loneliness is frequently reported amongst adults with depression. Interventions to reduce loneliness in different populations have shown mixed results. The Groups for Health (G4H) programme has been developed according to the social identity approach within social psychology and has demonstrated preliminary efficacy for reducing loneliness in a proof-of-concept study conducted with Australian student sample. The present study will examine whether G4H can be adapted to suit the needs of a clinical population in the context of UK secondary care services. Objective: Phase 1 - To adapt the G4H intervention for delivery to adults seeking treatment for depression in the UK. Phase 2: To estimate trial parameters (recruitment, retention, missing data and acceptability) of the adapted intervention, prior to a definitive trial; to optimise the adapted intervention for delivery to adults accessing treatment for depression in the UK; to optimise evaluation procedures (candidate outcome measures) Trial configuration: sequential exploratory mixed methods design. Phase 1: one-to-one interviews. Phase 2: Activity 1 (intervention), single group, pre-post study. Activity 2 (interviews): one-to-one interviews. Condition: Depression Interventions: group-based behavioural programme

Conditions

• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Groups for Health	Group sessions, 5 modules x 1.5 hours (once per week). Modules focus on psychoeducation, mapping existing social networks, examining barriers to engagement in existing networks, goal setting and identifying new groups to join.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-18
• Completion: 2019-03-18
• First posted: 2018-02-27
• Last updated: 2019-04-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom