Penpal Loneliness Project

NCT04797026 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 20-009976
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to study whether sending letters helps reduce loneliness for either the facility resident or the teenager.

Conditions

Loneliness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Loneliness Alleviation with Letter Writing

  Writing letters between Long Term Care Residents and Students: Increasing Connection to Alleviate Loneliness

  6 months; may be extended

Study Arms (1)

Penpal Program to Alleviate Loneliness

EXPERIMENTAL

A social program connecting patients in residential care facilities with high school students through monthly letter writing would positively impact quality of life for both, reducing quantitative and qualitative measures of loneliness

Other: Letters to increase social connection with goal to alleviate loneliness

Interventions

Letters to increase social connection with goal to alleviate loneliness OTHER

Our hypothesis is that a social program connecting patients in residential care facilities with high school students through monthly letter writing would positively impact quality of life for both, reducing quantitative and qualitiative measures of loneliness

Also known as: Letters

Penpal Program to Alleviate Loneliness

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Care facility residents with capacity to make decisions:
• Measured via their most recent cognitive assessment;
• Subjectively measured via nursing staff.
• High school students will be invited via recommendation of their instructors and school administrative staff:
• Parental permission will be required.

You may not qualify if:

• Care facility residents that have significant cognitive impairment.
• Residents who lack decision-making capacity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mayo Clinic: lead

Related Links

• Mayo Clinic Clinical Trials

Study Officials

• Susan Laabs, MD

  Mayo Clinic

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: 5 care facility residents paired with a similar amount of students as a pilot. If this program is successful, we will plan to amend IRB to include larger numbers

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2021
• First Posted: March 15, 2021
• Study Start: September 15, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2022
• Study Completion: March 20, 2022
• Last Updated: December 30, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share