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Penpal Loneliness Project

NCT04797026 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2021-12-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research is to study whether sending letters helps reduce loneliness for either the facility resident or the teenager.

Conditions

  • Loneliness

Interventions

OTHER

Letters to increase social connection with goal to alleviate loneliness

Our hypothesis is that a social program connecting patients in residential care facilities with high school students through monthly letter writing would positively impact quality of life for both, reducing quantitative and qualitiative measures of loneliness

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Susan Laabs, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-15
Primary Completion
2022-03-15
Completion
2022-03-20

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