Connect ME: Improving Social Connectedness

Dartmouth Health

Status

Completed

Conditions

Social Connectedness

Treatments

Behavioral: Brief Behavioral Activation for Improving Social Connectedness

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05686681

STUDY02001734

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the reach and effectiveness of a behavioral activation intervention for older adults experiencing low social connectedness by Area Agency on Aging Staff.

Enrollment

11 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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