NCT05686681

Connect ME: Improving Social Connectedness

Improving Social Connectedness in Homebound Older Adults by Integrating a Brief Evidence-Based Telehealth Intervention Into Area Agency on Aging Services

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To assess the reach and effectiveness of a behavioral activation intervention for older adults experiencing low social connectedness by Area Agency on Aging Staff.

Conditions

• Social Connectedness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief Behavioral Activation for Improving Social Connectedness	Brief Behavioral Activation for Improving Social Connectedness (BBAISC): BBAISC was developed to address social connectedness. Grounded in Behavioral Activation (Lejuez et al., 2011), BBAISC is a structured, 6-session skill-building intervention that has 4 key elements (Pepin et al., 2020): 1. Psychoeducation: Psychoeducation focused on homebound status, social connectedness, and associated changes in behavior. 2. Behavioral Activation intervention rationale: Framing how changing behavior can positively impact social connectedness (i.e., improve social connectedness and reduce loneliness). 3. Exploration of life areas, values, and activities: Focused on identifying life areas and values most relevant to the participant. Then, these values are used to generate activities that are aligned with those values. 4. Activity monitoring and planning: Participants are encouraged to schedule and organize their day based on what is important rather than their current mood or feeling state.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-01-30
• Completion: 2025-01-30
• First posted: 2023-01-17
• Last updated: 2025-04-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States