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Increasing Social Connection Through Crisis Caring Contacts: A Pragmatic Trial

NCT05484297 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 974

Last updated 2025-10-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main purpose is to learn if sending messages from the VA (called "Caring Contacts") reduces loneliness and improves mental health. The investigators want to understand if these messages are effective in Veterans aged 60 and above who have missed appointments at the VA even though they have health problems. Participants will receive up to 10 postcards mailed in envelopes from a fellow Veteran (Peer Specialist) from their local VA, and will be asked to fill out four surveys. The investigators are recruiting 920 Veterans aged 50 years and older who have felt isolated and have missed appointments at the VA to join this study.

Conditions

  • Loneliness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Crisis Caring Contacts post cards

A series of post cards with Crisis Caring Contacts content sent over 10 months

BEHAVIORAL

Control post cards

A series of post cards intended to control for attention received but not including elements thought to be "active ingredients" in the intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Alan R. Teo, MD MS · VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-04
Primary Completion
2026-03-01
Completion
2026-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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