Connect ME: Improving Social Connectedness

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Social Connectedness
• Interventions: Behavioral: Brief Behavioral Activation for Improving Social Connectedness

• Registration Number: NCT05686681
• Lead Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-09
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-17
• Study Start: 2023-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-30
• Study Completion: 2025-01-30
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 11

Inclusion Criteria

• Older adults (age>60) will be enrolled because they are the target population served by the home-delivered meals program and the target sample for this study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Clinically significant depression (Patient Health Questionnaire; PHQ-9 ≥ 10) or active suicide risk (Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale; C-SSRS), or Cognitive Impairment (Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test>9)
• Clients who score 1 or greater on question 9 of the PHQ-9 will be further assessed for suicide risk using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
• Clients will meet exclusion criteria for a positive response to any item
• We will exclude older adults with uncorrectable hearing or vision impairment rendering them unable to use the tele-conferencing equipment.
• Those who cannot speak English and have impaired decision-making capacity
• Adults unable to consent will be excluded
• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers) will be excluded
• Pregnant women will be excluded
• Prisoners will be excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Brief Behavioral Activation for Improving Social Connectedness	Brief Behavioral Activation for Improving Social Connectedness	Active, 6 session Brief Behavioral Activation for Improving Social Connectedness

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social Connectedness B, Baseline	before the intervention	8-item PROMIS Social Isolation Scale
Social Connectedness A, Change from Post Intervention to Follow Up	12 weeks post intervention	10-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI)
Social Connectedness B, Change from Baseline to Post Intervention	immediately following the intervention	8-item PROMIS Social Isolation Scale
Social Connectedness A, Change from Baseline to Post Intervention	immediately following the intervention	10-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI)
Social Connectedness A, Baseline	before the intervention	10-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI)
Social Connectedness B, Change from Post Intervention to Follow Up	12 weeks post-intervention	8-item PROMIS Social Isolation Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intervention Reach	12 Months	Reach will be determined by the proportion of eligible agency clients who agree participate in the study.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States