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Increasing Veterans' Social Engagement and Connectedness

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllVA Office of Research and Development
NCT06467214 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Social isolation is a negative social determinant of health that affects 1-in-5 adults in the U.S. and 43% of Veterans. Social isolation is estimated to cost the nation $6.7 billion annually in federal healthcare spending. Yet, social isolation has rarely been the direct focus of healthcare interventions. The proposed project is a randomized controlled trial that seeks to test the effectiveness of the Increasing Veterans' Social Engagement and Connectedness (CONNECTED) intervention on social isolation among diverse Veteran groups in primary care clinics. Increasing Veterans' Social Engagement and Connectedness involves three key services delivered by peers via telehealth through individual and group sessions over 8 weeks: 1) peer support, which includes person-centered assessment for social isolation, 2) psychosocial interventions to address social isolation, and 3) navigation (i.e., con

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: Eligible participants for Aim 1 \& Aim 2 1. Must be Veterans at the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center or its Community-Based Outpatient Clinics who had a primary care encounter in the prior 6 months and 2. Veteran obtained a score 12, indicating social isolation, on the Lubben Social Isolation Scale (LSNS-6), a validated, 6-item social isolation measure, at the time of screening in Aim 1. Exclusion Criteria: For Aim 1 and Aim 2, the investigators will exclude Veterans with 1. Active suicidal ideation needing immediate mental health treatment 2. severe cognitive, hearing or speech impairment, 3. current exacerbation of severe psychiatric symptoms (e.g., active psychosis), or 4. severe illness that makes study participation not feasible.
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What it tests

  • CONNECTED
  • VET BEFRIENDING
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Where

1 site
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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