An Awareness, Courage, and Love Intervention to Help Chinese Older Adults in the Post-pandemic Era

NCT06524206 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: CIHE
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the potential effectiveness of a one-session online Awareness, Courage, and Love intervention for reducing loneliness, depression and anxiety symptoms, and enhancing social connectedness and subjective well-being among older adults. the study also aims to estimate the effect sizes of the Awareness, Courage, and Love intervention.

Conditions

Loneliness; Depression; Anxiety; Social Connectedness; Subjective Well-being; Psychological Intervention; Older Adults

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes from Baseline on the Inclusion of Others in Self (IOS) at Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

  The single-item Inclusion of Others in the Self (IOS) scale is to measure how close the respondent feels with another person or group. Respondents choose a pair of photos from seven with different degrees of overlap. Possible scores range from 1 (No overlap) to 7 (Most overlap).

  Baseline, Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Changes from Baseline on the 6-item de Jong Gierveld loneliness scale at Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

  Baseline, Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

• Changes from Baseline on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

  Baseline, Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

• Changes from Baseline on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2-item (GAD-2) at Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

  Baseline, Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

• Changes from Baseline on The World Health Organisation- Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) at Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

  Baseline, Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Awareness, Courage, and Love intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The Awareness, Courage and Love intervention will consist of a single 120-minute online session delivered in a group format via a videoconferencing application (e.g., Zoom). The theme of the session will evolve around "making friends and being seen" to reinforce the appetitive functions of social connection.

Behavioral: The Awareness, Courage and Love Intervention

Waitlist control group

NO INTERVENTION

Waitlist control group will not receive the intervention

Interventions

The Awareness, Courage and Love Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Derived from Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), the Awareness, Courage, and Love (ACL) Intervention brings the FAP principles to a broader population. In the ACL model, awareness is defined as engaging in mindful awareness of one's self (feelings, needs, values), other individuals, and the context in which interactions are taking place. Courage is defined as engaging in authentic, vulnerable self-disclosures (e.g. struggles, appreciation), and asking for what one wants and needs. Love is defined as providing empathically accurate responsiveness, including provision of safety, validation, and giving the other person what they have asked for when possible.

Awareness, Courage, and Love intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• aged 60 years or older and dwelling in the community;
• able to communicate in Cantonese;
• have access to the internet and videoconferencing devices such as a mobile phone;
• able to give informed consent to participate.

You may not qualify if:

• severe emotional distress based on PHQ-4 screening assessment or presenting an imminent suicidal risk;
• known history of autism, intellectual disability, schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, Parkinson's disease, or dementia/significant cognitive impairment;
• illiterate;
• difficulty in communication.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Caritas Institute of Higher Education: lead

Study Sites (1)

Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Cheong Yu Chan, Dr

  Caritas Institute of Higher Education

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Cheong Yu Chan, Dr

CONTACT

37024525; cy4chan@sfu.edu.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 22, 2024
• First Posted: July 29, 2024
• Study Start: August 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2025
• Study Completion: March 1, 2025
• Last Updated: July 29, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)