Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults in Hong Kong by Volunteer-delivered Mindfulness and Behavioral Activation Intervention

Education University of Hong Kong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Loneliness; Mental Health

Treatments: Other: Tele-BF; Behavioral: Tele-BA; Behavioral: Tele-MF

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07283549

2023-2024-0570

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to recruit and train retirees and young people to be volunteers who will deliver the layperson-delivered, telephone-based behavioral activation and mindfulness intervention to older adults.

Full description

Retirees and young people will be recruited, trained, and delivered telephone-based psychosocial interventions to older adults.

Enrollment: 251 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 65 years older and above

Exclusion criteria

-

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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251 participants in 3 patient groups

Tele-BA

Experimental group

Description:

Behavioral Activation

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tele-BA

Tele-MF

Experimental group

Description:

Mindfulness

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tele-MF

Tele-BF

Active Comparator group

Description:

Befriending

Treatment:

Other: Tele-BF