Loneliness Group Intervention

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

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

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.

Study summary

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.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale (IOS) — Up to 2 months
  Brief single-item pictorial measure of social closeness. The minimum value is 1, the maximum value is 7, and higher scores indicate a better outcome.
• UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-6) — Up to 2 months
  Brief measure of loneliness. The minimum value is 6, the maximum value is 24, and higher scores indicate a worse outcome.
• Relational Health Indices (RHI) — Up to 2 months
  Brief measure of group relational health. The minimum value is 8, the maximum value is 40, and higher scores indicate a better outcome.
• Quantitative Program Satisfaction — Up to 2 months
  Brief measure of program satisfaction. The minimum value is 0, the maximum value is 16, and higher scores indicate a better outcome.

Trial sites (1)

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