NCT04655196

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Two Internet-based Self-help Interventions for Loneliness.

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Two Internet-based Self-help Interventions for Loneliness.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 243 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bern · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this study, people who suffer from loneliness will be randomized to three study conditions. The first and second group get an account to an internet-based self-help intervention. The first group also receives weekly feedback from a coach and the second group receives an automated email on a weekly basis. The third group is a waiting control group. In all three conditions additional care or treatment is allowed. The aim of the study is to investigate the efficacy of an internet-based self-help intervention to reduce feelings of loneliness compared to a waiting list and the effect of support during the intervention. Assessments are at baseline, 5-week, 10-week, 6-months and 12-months post-randomization. Participants in the waiting control group get also access to the intervention and fill out questionnaires at baseline, 5-week and 10-week post-randomization and get also access to the intervention 10 weeks after randomization.

Conditions

• Loneliness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	SOLUS-D + weekly feedback by a coach	internet-based self-help
OTHER	SOLUS-D + weekly automated messages	internet-based self-help

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-17
• Primary completion: 2022-11-18
• Completion: 2023-09-22
• First posted: 2020-12-07
• Last updated: 2023-11-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland