Virtual Life Story Club for Loneliness and Apathy in Older Adults
This study is exploring a program called the Life Story Club©, which uses virtual group reminiscence therapy to help older adults who are experiencing loneliness and apathy. Reminiscence therapy involves sharing life stories and talking with others. The study aims to see if this program can reduce feelings of loneliness and apathy. You might be able to join if you are 60 or older, can speak English or Spanish, and do not have dementia or severe hearing/vision loss. The study will measure changes in loneliness and apathy over 3 and 6 months to see if the program is successful. The current status of the study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 50 participants. It is a pilot study to test the feasibility of the Life Story Club© intervention.
- What's involved
- Participants will meet virtually via Zoom© with a group of 6-10 people weekly for one hour over a 12-week period to exchange life stories and share in conversation.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Loneliness and apathy will be measured at 3 months and 6 months after the start of the study.
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A Virtual Life Story Club Intervention to Improve Loneliness and Apathy in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Mirnova Ceide, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Montefiore Medical Center
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What this trial measures
- Change in LonelinessFrom baseline to 3 months and 6 months
Loneliness will be assessed using the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale questionnaire. The UCLA Loneliness Scale is a 20-item measure that assesses how often a person feels disconnected from others. Participants provide responses using a 4-point Likert scale where 1 = never; 2 = rarely; 3 = sometimes; 4 = always, for an overall possible scoring range of 20-80, such that higher scores are associated with increased loneliness. Positively worded items in the questionnaire must be reverse-coded before reporting. For purposes of this study changes from baseline to 3 months and baseline to 6 months will be assessed whereby positive values are indicative of an increase in loneliness from baseline and negative values a decrease in loneliness from baseline. Group scores will be summarized using basic descriptive statistics.
- Change in ApathyFrom baseline to 3 months and 6 months
Apathy will be assessed using the self-reported Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES-S). The AES-S is an 18-item questionnaire that addresses characteristics of goal directed behavior that reflects apathy including behavioral, cognitive, and emotional indicators. Participants provide responses based on a 4-point Likert scale where 1 = not at all true; 2 = slightly true; 3 = somewhat true; and 4 = very true, for an overall possible scoring range of 18-72, such that higher scores are associated with greater apathy. Positively worded items in the scale must be reverse-coded before reporting. For purposes of this study changes from baseline to 3 months and baseline to 6 months will be assessed whereby positive values are indicative of increased apathy from baseline and negative values decreased apathy from baseline. Group scores will be summarized using basic descriptive statistics.