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Guided Online Self-help for Loneliness

NCT03807154 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 170

Last updated 2022-09-19

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Summary

The study seeks to investigate the efficacy of two internet-based self-help programmes administered with support from a therapist. The two active conditions consist of an internet cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) programme and a intervention of internet-based interpersonal psychotherapy (IIPT), both of which have been developed for the present study. The active conditions will be compared to a wait-list control group.

Participants will be recruited in Sweden with a nationwide recruitment.

Conditions

  • Loneliness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ICBT

A nine week long ICBT-programme with therapist guidance. Based on cognitive and behavioral techniques that have been tailored to address loneliness.

BEHAVIORAL

IPT

A nine week long internet-based IPT-programme with therapist guidance. Contains three distinct phases: assessment phase (three weeks), focus phase (five weeks, during which the participants will choose from one of four primary problem areas during the three latter weeks), and end phase (one week).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College, London

    collaborator OTHER

  • Linkoeping University

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Gerhard Andersson, PhD · Linkoeping University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-17
Primary Completion
2022-02-01
Completion
2022-02-01

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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