NCT05459103

Remote Interactive Intervention for Loneliness

The Effectiveness of Remote Interactive Intervention for Loneliness, Quality of Life, and Social Support Among Seniors in Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Experiment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yang Shang-Yu · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 88 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world adopted the practice of physical distancing, which increased the loneliness experienced by seniors and indirectly affected their quality of life and social support. Remote interaction through online social apps may be the safest and easiest way to address these problems. However, the empirical research on this issue is very limited. Objective: This study investigated the impact of a 12-week remote interaction intervention on loneliness, quality of life, and social support for seniors living in a community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This study adopted a randomized controlled trial design and was conducted in communities in central Taiwan. Participants in the intervention group received a 12-week bidirectional remote interaction intervention, while participants in the control group received a 12-week unidirectional remote interaction intervention. The study's primary assessment tools were the UCLA Loneliness Scale and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF Scale (WHOQOL-BREF). The secondary assessment tool was the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behavior.

Conditions

• Older Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Bidirectional remote interaction intervention	Intervention group participants engaged in a 12-week bidirectional remote interaction. All interactions were conducted through the same group on Line. A one-hour interactive online group intervention was held every Monday to Friday from 14:30 to 15:30, for a total of 60 hours. The online interactive interventions were conducted in a structured course format, with a facilitator conducting live classes and alternating between static and dynamic classes.
OTHER	Unidirectional remote interaction intervention	Control group participants engaged in a 12-week unidirectional remote interaction. All interactions were conducted through the same group on Line. Research assistants posted a YouTube video on the Line group at 14:30 every day, Monday through Friday, covering art, music, senior sports, long-term care resources, travel, and food preparation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2022-01-30
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2022-07-14
• Last updated: 2022-07-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan