NCT04772820

Feasibility of Remote Home Support Coaches (SOCIAL Study)

The SOCIAL Study: Feasibility of Remote Home Support Coaches to Decrease the Physical and Psychological Impact of Social Distancing on Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this this study is to develop and test the feasibility of a remotely delivered brief behavioral activation intervention to decrease the negative physical and psychological consequences of being homebound among older adults during the time of COVID.

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to develop and test the feasibility of a remotely delivered brief behavioral activation intervention to decrease the negative physical and psychological consequences of being homebound among older adults during the time of COVID.The intervention will focus on decreasing the impact of social isolation, inactivity and poor nutrition on old people during a time when many in-person social activities are not possible. It will be delivered through telephone and other communication tools that allow remote (i.e. not in person) communication over 10 sessions. Subjects will be a total of 60 people aged 75 years an older, who will be recruited from primary care in the Boston MA region and senior living facilities in the Baltimore MD region. Coaches will be trained using an on-line based modules developed to support this intervention. Self-report outcomes will be measured by telephone at baseline and 4-month follow-up.

Conditions

• Malnutrition
• Isolation
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Sedentary Behavior
• Loneliness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telephone-based coaching	A telephone-based brief behavioral activation coaching program that will involve 10 sessions over 4 months. Sessions will focus on helping people to identify meaningful activities that they can safely do to decrease loneliness, increase physical activity and improve nutrition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-15
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-11-30
• First posted: 2021-02-26
• Last updated: 2023-04-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States