Evaluation of the Nextdoor KIND Challenge

Swinburne University of Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Loneliness; Social Isolation

Treatments: Behavioral: KIND Challenge

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04398472

ND01

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is ample evidence showing that loneliness is a public health problem that influences social, mental and physical health. The current project is about evaluating the effectiveness of the Kindness Is NextDoor (KIND) Challenge, a social networking platform aimed at reducing loneliness and social isolation in specific Nextdoor communities within Australia. As the landscape through which people make social connections changes due to technology it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of platforms that are designed to reduce loneliness within communities. This is the first study of its kind in Australia and will help provide insight into how to target social isolation and loneliness within communities using social networking platforms.

Enrollment: 4,500 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Community dwellers who use the Nextdoor platform.
• Aged 18 to 90 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Individual's without proficient English reading comprehension skills will be excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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4,500 participants in 2 patient groups

Challenge

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the challenge will be asked to complete four activities over the next four weeks to address loneliness and social isolation in their communities. The activities will involve doing an activity with people in their neighbourhood. These activities have been selected based on being positive, engaging and feasible to the average individuals. An example of the type of activities is having a conversation with a neighbour on the phone or via video chat and safely checking in on someone who is elderly or living alone. All activities will adhere to the relevant country or states health department's safety recommendations and laws during COVID-19. Hypothesis 1 (H1). There will be a reduction in the primary outcome, loneliness in participants assigned to the Nextdoor KIND Challenge groups compared to the waitlist control group post the 4-week intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: KIND Challenge

Waitlist

No Intervention group