Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults in Hong Kong by Volunteer-delivered Mindfulness and Behavioral Activation Intervention

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07283549

Enrollment

251

Registered

2025-12-16

Start date

2024-12-01

Completion date

2025-07-23

Last updated

2025-12-19

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Conditions

Loneliness, Mental Health

Keywords

Loneliness, Older Adults, Mental Health, Volunteers, Psychosocial Interventions

Brief summary

This study aims to recruit and train retirees and young people to be volunteers who will deliver the layperson-delivered, telephone-based behavioral activation and mindfulness intervention to older adults.

Detailed description

Retirees and young people will be recruited, trained, and delivered telephone-based psychosocial interventions to older adults.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTele-BA

Behavioral Activation

BEHAVIORALTele-MF

Mindfulness

OTHERTele-BF

Befriending

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 65 years older and above

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Loneliness	Baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months	UCLA Loneliness Scale; Each item will be rated from 1=Never to 4=Always. Total scores range from 20 to 80.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Loneliness	Baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months	De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale; Each item will be rated from 1=Yes to 3=No. Total scores range from 0 to 6, with subscale score ranging from 0 to 3.
Anxiety	Baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Each item will be rated from 0=Not at all to 3=Most of the time. Total score range from 0 to 42.
Sleep Quality	Baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months	Sleep Condition Indicator; Each item will be rated from 0 to 4. Total score range from 0 to 32.
Stress	Baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months	Perceived Stress Scale; Each item will be rated from 0=Never to 4=Very often. Total scores range from 0 to 56.
Well-Being	Baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months	Psychological Well-Being Scale; Each item will be rated from 1=strongly agree to 7=strongly disagree.

Countries

Hong Kong

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026