Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based Intervention for Loneliness Among Older Adults Living Alone
NCT ID: NCT06719843
Last Updated: 2024-12-06
Study Results
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
234 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-01-01
2027-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The primary outcome (loneliness) and secondary outcomes (psychological flexibility, psychological distress, health-related quality of life, and healthcare utilisation) will be assessed at baseline (T0), immediately post-intervention (T1), 3 months post-intervention (T2) and 6 months post-intervention (T3), using validated questionnaires. A purposive subsample of 36 intervention group participants will be invited for focus group interviews. A generalised estimating equation model with intention-to-treat and path analyses will be used to analyse the quantitative data, whereas thematic analysis will be used for the qualitative data.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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ACT-based intervention
In addition to usual community support services, participants in the intervention group will receive the face-to-face ACT-based intervention weekly for 4 weeks (each session lasting approximately 90 minutes), with each group consisting of 6-8 older adults.
ACT-based intervention
Participants in the intervention group will receive the face-to-face ACT-based intervention weekly for 4 weeks (each session lasting approximately 90 minutes), with each group consisting of 6-8 older adults. The intervention consists of 4 sessions:
Session 1 (acceptance and cognitive fusion) Session 2 (contact with the present moment and self-as-context) Session 3 (values) Session 3 (committed action)
Wait-list control
Participants in the wait-list control group will receive usual community support services (e.g. meal delivery) provided by the community centres they belong to.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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ACT-based intervention
Participants in the intervention group will receive the face-to-face ACT-based intervention weekly for 4 weeks (each session lasting approximately 90 minutes), with each group consisting of 6-8 older adults. The intervention consists of 4 sessions:
Session 1 (acceptance and cognitive fusion) Session 2 (contact with the present moment and self-as-context) Session 3 (values) Session 3 (committed action)
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* residing in the community (living at home without being institutionalised in the past 6 months)
* capable of speaking and understanding Chinese
* experiencing loneliness (scoring ≥3 on a three-item loneliness screening scale)
* living alone for more than 1 year
Exclusion Criteria
* having a clinical diagnosis of mental illness
* being cognitively impaired (Abbreviated Mental Test score \<6)
* having visual/language/communication difficulties
60 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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The Salvation Army, Hong Kong and Macau Command
OTHER
Chinese University of Hong Kong
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Cho Lee Wong
Associate Professor
Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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2024.026-T
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id