The Impact of Social Phone Calls With Isolated Older Adults Receiving Protective Services for Abuse, Neglect and/or Exploitation

NCT05026762 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: HSC-MS-21-0411
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 13
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to see the the impact of social visits, through weekly phones calls, on quality of life outcomes of depression, anxiety, loneliness, isolation and self-rated health for older adults visited by Adult Protective Services (APS) for abuse, neglect and/or exploitation (ANE) and to also to determine the benefit of these conversations on the medical student's perspective of aging and ANE.

Conditions

Senior Abuse

Keywords

depression; anxiety; loneliness; isolation; adult protective services

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Change in Social isolation as assessed by the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) Social Isolation Scale

  This is a 4 item questionnaire and each question is scored from 1(never) to 5(always) a higher number indicating more isolation

  Baseline, 6 week follow up

• Change in Anxiety as assessed by the Geriatric Anxiety Scale

  This is a 10 item questionnaire and each question is scored form 0(not at all) to 3(most of the time),a higher number indicating more anxiety

  Baseline, 6 week follow up

• Change in Depression as assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form

  This is a 15 item questionnaire and each is answered either yes or no. One point is given for No to question 1, 5, 7, 11, 13 and one point for Yes to other questions. Normal ± 2 Mildly Depressed 7 ± 3 Very Depressed 12 ± 2

  Baseline, 6 week follow up

• Change in Loneliness as assessed by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA ) Loneliness Scale

  A 20-item scale that measures the subjective experience of loneliness on a four-point Likert scale. Participants rate each item as either O (I often feel this way),S (I sometimes feel this way), R (I rarely feel this way), N (I never feel this way).

  Baseline, 6 week follow up

• Change in perceived general health as assessed by the Self-Rated Health Question

  The participant will rate their health as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor

  Baseline, 6 week follow up

Study Arms (1)

Treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Treatment

Interventions

Treatment OTHER

Following the collection of the baseline data, the study participant will be assigned to a volunteer(medical student) to begin the social phone calls. The first phone call will be scheduled to occur within one week of the consent and baseline assessments. A minimum of one social phone call will occur each week for 6-weeks. Each phone call is expected to last up to 1 hour.The calls will be unstructured and designed simply to engage in conversation with the participant. The length of the phone calls, days and times will be recorded by the volunteer along with a short journal entry describing the conversation topics and any information that stood out to the volunteer.At the end of the 6-weeks phone calls, a group session will be held with the volunteers to engage in a debriefing and narrative medicine session.

Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• recently visited by Texas Adult Protective Services for Abuse, Neglect and/or Exploitation
• living in Harris County or a surrounding county serviced by APS District 6
• substantiated elder mistreatment (i.e. psychological abuse, financial exploitation, sexual abuse, neglect, physical abuse) and/or self neglect
• provide a signed or verbal release agreeing to be contacted by the volunteers
• able to provide verbal consent to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• significant cognitive impairment or incapacity as determined by their inability to complete the consent steps
• Non-English-speaking

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: lead
• UTHealth Consortium on Aging: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

Therapeutics

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Gabrielle M Hoyumpa

  The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Gabrielle M Hoyumpa

CONTACT

210-867-0336; Gabrielle.M.Hoyumpa@uth.tmc.edu

Jason Burnett

CONTACT

(713) 500-3845; Jason.Burnett@uth.tmc.edu

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2021
• First Posted: August 30, 2021
• Study Start: June 15, 2021
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2021
• Study Completion: November 1, 2021
• Last Updated: August 30, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)