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Loneliness management as part of psychiatric treatment structure - Introduction and evaluation of the intervention "The Social Being", a social-cognitive training intervention for coping with loneliness in the therapeutic context

Loneliness management as part of psychiatric treatment structure - Introduction and evaluation of the intervention "The Social Being", a social-cognitive training intervention for coping with loneliness in the therapeutic context

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00032392
Enrollment
240
Registered
2023-07-31
Start date
2023-04-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Loneliness

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: In addition to treatment based on guidelines, patients on the open ward of acute psychiatry receive a social-cognitive training intervention for coping with loneliness (4

Sponsors

Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Treatment in the context of acute psychiatry Overall UCLA LS ES score between >1.7 to 5 (range from partial to severe loneliness (cf. Döring and Bortz 1993, Wichert and Mandera 2015) legal age ability to consent Written consent from the subject Speak and understand the German language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: acute suicidality acute psychotic symptoms significant cognitive limitations acute self-harm symptoms Restrictions that deny consent (e.g. reservation of consent in the case of legal supervision) lack of voluntariness in treatment (e.g. resolution, PsychHG).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Review of the change in the experience of loneliness and the dimensions 1. Feeling of loneliness, 2. Social isolation and 3. Emotional isolation. Verification by the UCLA LS ES (university of california loneliness scale simple language) questionnaire consisting of 19 items. Measurement T1 start of intervention/start of guideline-based treatment, T2 end of intervention/guideline-based treatment, T3 6 months after treatment.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Review of change in self-efficacy experience. Verification by the questionnaire SWOP (Questionnaire on Self-Efficacy Optimism Pessimism short form), reduced to 5 items of self-efficacy. Checking the change in depression, anxiety and stress symptoms. Verification using the DASS questionnaire (Depressions-Angst-Stress-Scale - German-language summary), consisting of 20 items. measurement T1 start of intervention/start of guideline-based treatment, T2 end of intervention/guideline-based treatment, T3 6 months after treatment.—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFrauke Nees

Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein,

nees@med-psych.uni-kiel.de0431 500-30801

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026