Establishing Social Connections in Urban Areas: Evaluating a Community-based Programme
The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a new community-based programme designed to tackle loneliness for young and working-age adults. The programme focuses on encouraging social interactions and connections through offering community initiatives and activities, online spaces for inte
| Condition(s) | Loneliness |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a new community-based programme designed to tackle loneliness for young and working-age adults. The programme focuses on encouraging social interactions and connections through offering community initiatives and activities, online spaces for interaction, and free or low-cost social events for young adults. Further aims of this study are to determine the cost-effectiveness of the programme. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Age 20-40 * Reside in London * Reports that they are some of the time or often lonely in response to a single questionnaire item ("How often do you feel lonely?) * No prior interaction with the community-based intervention we are investigating * Able to communicate in English sufficiently well to engage in qualitative interviews and complete the outcome measures and questionnaires. * Available and willing to participate in the study for 18 weeks Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 20 or age \>40. * Resides outside of London. * Does not report frequent levels of loneliness ("hardly ever or never" in response to single questionnaire item). * Previously attended any event or is an existing member of the community-based programme that is forming the intervention arm. * Unable to |
| Ages | 20 Years to 40 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | Queen Mary University of London |
| Locations | London, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom |
| Start date | 2025-02-12 |
| NCT ID | NCT06805136 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06805136 |