Clinical trials: Loneliness
Social Isolation or Loneliness, Anxiety
Health Surveillance at University of Applied Science Hamburg (HAW)
The aim of Health Surveillance 2025 is to analyze and describe the state of health of employees at University of Applied Science Hamburg, key influencing factors and individual resources.
- Conditions
- Social Isolation or Loneliness, Anxiety, Anxiety Acute, Anxiety Depression
- Trial name
- HAW_HS2025 (NCT07089914)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 679 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
Depression, Loneliness
A Smartphone Intervention for Relational and Mental Well Being
The primary aim of this study is to provide and evaluate a phone-based intervention to improve relational and mental well-being during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Conditions
- Depression, Loneliness, Relation, Interpersonal, Covid19
- Trial name
- NCT04629755
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,765 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Subthreshold Depression
tDCS in People With Subthreshold Depression
This study evaluates the effects of multi-session transcranial direct current stimulation on loneliness, mood and depressiveness in people with subthreshold depression.
- Trial name
- NCT06517121
- Testing
- Personalized Experimental Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Conventional Experimental Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Social Isolation, Loneliness
Connection for Latinos Caring for a Loved One With Dementia
The purpose of this research study is to culturally adapt a personalized intervention for Hispanic/Latino caring for a loved one with significant memory problems.
- Trial name
- NCT04593628
- Testing
- Connect for Caregivers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Loneliness, Opioid Use
Decreasing Loneliness to Optimize Pain Care
Loneliness, which is the perceived feeling of insufficient personal relationships, is related to higher risk for inappropriate opioid use and opioid use disorders in patients who are taking opioids long-term.
- Trial name
- DLoop (NCT06285032)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Social Navigation Group, Controlled Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Loneliness
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Loneliness in Chinese Young Adults
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a group-based Positive Affect (PA) intervention compared to an active control condition, Social Skills Training (SST), in reducing loneliness among young adults in Hong Kong and…
- Trial name
- NCT07543653
- Testing
- Group-based Positive Affect Intervention, Group-based Social Skills Training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Nursing Home Resident
Robot for Alleviating Loneliness and Engaging Nursing Home Residents
Social isolation is an emerging critical challenge in the care of older adults. Nursing home residents engage for an average of just 12 minutes per day with an activity director, a situation further exacerbated by Covid-19.
- Trial name
- NCT06174337
- Testing
- Use of Video Connection with Family via Robot
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Patient Engagement, Stress
myHealthHub for Older Adult Inpatients
This study will assess "myHealthhub" in hospitalized older adults throughout 5 days of their hospital stay. The investigators propose a mixed method randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing myHealthHub platform vs.
- Conditions
- Patient Engagement, Stress, Loneliness, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05450445
- Testing
- myHealthHub, TV-only
- Sponsor
- Lady Davis Institute
Aged, Loneliness
Effects of a Volunteer-based Lunch Program on Feelings of Loneliness in Elders
Background: There is a need for stronger community involvement with the elderly, specifically those with feelings of loneliness.
- Conditions
- Aged, Loneliness, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT03552328
- Testing
- Lunch with Medical Student, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Aging Well, Dementia
Music Therapy and Social Work Telehealth for Older Adult Well-Being
This study investigates the benefits of using telehealth services, specifically a combination of music therapy and social work support, to improve the well-being of older adults.
- Conditions
- Aging Well, Dementia, Telemedicine
- Trial name
- Melo-SWell (NCT06219148)
- Testing
- Music Therapy Telehealth, Non-Collaborative Social Work Telehealth, Collaborative Social Work Telehealth
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alaine E Hernandez, PhD
Psychological Distress, Loneliness
Testing the Effectiveness of an Online Behavioral Intervention in Reducing Loneliness
This study will use a longitudinal randomized experimental design. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a positive affect skills intervention or a psychoeducation control group and assessed with questionnaires at…
- Trial name
- NCT04112225
- Testing
- Happify
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 890 people
- Sponsor
- Happify Inc.
Diabete Mellitus, Loneliness
The Impact of Social Worker Referrals on Diabetes and Loneliness
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if referral to a social worker (social prescribing) can help reduce loneliness and improve blood sugar control (A1C) in older adults with diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT07486050
- Testing
- Social worker referral to address loneliness, Continue Primary care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Loneliness, Social Isolation
A Mechanism Randomised Controlled Trial of a Three-Agent LLM-Augmented mHealth Intervention for Late-Life Loneliness in Older Adults
This study examines how a smartphone conversational application affects feelings of loneliness in Cantonese-speaking older adults living in Hong Kong.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Social Isolation in Older Adults
- Trial name
- NCT07822828
- Testing
- Hybrid conversational companion application, Rule-based conversational companion application
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Chronic Pain, Migraine Disability
Chronic Pain in the General Population of Chile
The present study seeks to follow up the cohort of adults representative of Chile's urban population whose levels of chronic pain were evaluated in March 2023 (baseline) as part of the Mental Health Thermometer (MHT) study.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Migraine Disability, Neuropathic Pain, Fibromyalgia
- Trial name
- RDC (NCT06353100)
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 2,365 people
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Suicidal Ideation, Depression
Social Connections and Healthy Aging (The Senior Connection)
This randomized trial compares peer companionship to care-as-usual in primary care on the outcome of risk for suicidal behavior in late life.
- Trial name
- TSC (NCT01408654)
- Testing
- Peer Companionship
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 368 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Loneliness, Depression
Isolated During COVID-19: Effects of COVID-19's Social Restrictions on Loneliness and Psychosocial Symptomatology
This study seeks to gather data and insight on epidemiologic trends of loneliness and other behaviors in the wake of the CDC recommended "social distancing" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol Abuse
- Trial name
- NCT04440098
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,008 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Loneliness
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based Intervention for Loneliness Among Older Adults Living Alone
The proposed cluster-randomised wait-list-controlled trial will (1) examine the effects of the acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)-based intervention on loneliness, psychological flexibility, psychological distress…
- Trial name
- NCT06719843
- Testing
- ACT-based intervention
- Volunteers
- 234 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety
A Trial of a Positive Psychology Intervention for Older Adults (RESET)
The heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of African American older adults in Detroit, Michigan and other marginalized communities is linked to systemic racism experienced over the life course.
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT05451589
- Testing
- RESET, Wellness Check Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 457 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Loneliness During COVID-19, Loneliness
The Role of Nurses in Video-Based Communication to Reduce Loneliness in Intensive Care Unit Patients
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of video-based communication in reducing loneliness among intensive care unit (ICU) patients at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital in Bandung, Indonesia.
- Trial name
- VBC-ICU (NCT07072078)
- Testing
- Video-based Communication
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Padjadjaran
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Sexual Health
Impact of COPD on Sexual Health, Loneliness, and Well-being
Summary Person-centered care is a hot topic within healthcare, yet communication about patients' sexual health and intimacy issues remain too hot to handle within healthcare.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Sexual Health, Loneliness, Well-Being, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06240078
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 521 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vejle Hospital