Loneliness Group Intervention

NCT ID: NCT05619718

Last Updated: 2025-09-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-02-23

Study Completion Date

2027-09-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a group loneliness intervention in geriatric psychiatry inpatients. This type of group loneliness intervention is based on functional analytic psychotherapy and is called Awareness, Courage, and Love Groups.

Detailed Description

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The objective of our clinical trial is to adapt, implement, and evaluate a type of loneliness group intervention called Awareness, Courage, and Love Groups for older adults in a psychiatric unit. The following research questions will be answered: (a) Are ACL groups with geriatric psychiatry inpatients feasible and acceptable? (b) Do such ACL groups demonstrate preliminary efficacy?

Conditions

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Loneliness

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment

Treatment group will receive Awareness, Courage, and Love Groups for loneliness.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Awareness, Courage, and Love Groups

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Groups based on the Awareness, Courage, and Love framework from functional analytic psychotherapy

Control

Control group will receive treatment as usual in the form of Mutual Help Meetings.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mutual Help Meetings

Intervention Type OTHER

Groups based on treatment as usual where patients gather to discuss how they can help others on the ward, and make requests for how others can help them.

Interventions

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Awareness, Courage, and Love Groups

Groups based on the Awareness, Courage, and Love framework from functional analytic psychotherapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mutual Help Meetings

Groups based on treatment as usual where patients gather to discuss how they can help others on the ward, and make requests for how others can help them.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Admission to geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit

Exclusion Criteria

* Individuals who are disoriented to person, delirious, unable to tolerate or participate meaningfully in the group, or otherwise unable to provide consent to research and psychotherapy
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Western University, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Elisabeth VanBussel, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

St. Joseph's Health Care London

Locations

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Parkwood Institute Mental Health

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

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12528

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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