An Awareness, Courage, and Love Intervention to Help Chinese Older Adults in the Post-pandemic Era
NCT Number: NCT06524206
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Loneliness|Depression|Anxiety|Social Connectedness|Subjective Well-being|Psychological Intervention|Older Adults
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: The Awareness, Courage and Love Intervention
Sponsor: Caritas Institute of Higher Education
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 70
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (INVESTIGATOR)|Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Start Date: 2024-08
Completion Date: 2025-03
Locations: Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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.

Primary Outcome Measures: 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 Outcome Measures: Changes from Baseline on the 6-item de Jong Gierveld loneliness scale at Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up, The 6-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale is a reliable and valid measurement instrument for overall, emotional, and social loneliness. The possible range of scores is from 0 (Least lonely) to 6 (Most lonely)., 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, The PHQ-9 is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression over the last 2 weeks. The interpretation of total scores ranges from 1-4 (Minimal depression) to 20-27 (Severe depression)., 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, The GAD-2 is a very brief and easy to perform initial screening tool for generalized anxiety disorder over the last 2 weeks. The possible scores range from 0 to 6. Higher scores are associated with higher levels of anxiety. A score of 3 points or more suggests possible anxiety., 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, The WHO-5 is a short self-reported measure of current mental wellbeing. The total raw score, ranging from 0 to 25, is multiplied by 4 to give the final score, with 0 representing the worst imaginable well-being and 100 representing the best imaginable well-being., Baseline, Immediately post-intervention and One-month post-intervention follow-up