Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Code:

NCT05026762

Conditions

Senior Abuse

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Treatment

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to see the the impact of social visits, through weekly phones calls, on quality of life outcomes of depression, anxiety, loneliness, isolation and self-rated health for older adults visited by Adult Protective Services (APS) for abuse, neglect and/or exploitation (ANE) and to also to determine the benefit of these conversations on the medical student's perspective of aging and ANE.

Conditions

Senior Abuse

Study ID

NCT05026762

Start date

Jun 15, 2021

Status verified date

Aug, 2021

Completion date

Nov 1, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 1, 2021

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • recently visited by Texas Adult Protective Services for Abuse, Neglect and/or Exploitation
  • living in Harris County or a surrounding county serviced by APS District 6
  • substantiated elder mistreatment (i.e. psychological abuse, financial exploitation, sexual abuse, neglect, physical abuse) and/or self neglect
  • provide a signed or verbal release agreeing to be contacted by the volunteers
  • able to provide verbal consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • significant cognitive impairment or incapacity as determined by their inability to complete the consent steps
  • Non-English-speaking

Study Design

Enrollment

13 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Treatment

Interventions

Treatment

Following the collection of the baseline data, the study participant will be assigned to a volunteer(medical student) to begin the social phone calls. The first phone call will be scheduled to occur within one week of the consent and baseline assessments. A minimum of one social phone call will occur each week for 6-weeks. Each phone call is expected to last up to 1 hour.The calls will be unstructured and designed simply to engage in conversation with the participant. The length of the phone calls, days and times will be recorded by the volunteer along with a short journal entry describing the conversation topics and any information that stood out to the volunteer.At the end of the 6-weeks phone calls, a group session will be held with the volunteers to engage in a debriefing and narrative medicine session.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Social isolation as assessed by the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) Social Isolation Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 week follow up ]
  • Change in Anxiety as assessed by the Geriatric Anxiety Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 week follow up ]
  • Change in Depression as assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 week follow up ]
  • Change in Loneliness as assessed by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA ) Loneliness Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 week follow up ]
  • Change in perceived general health as assessed by the Self-Rated Health Question [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 week follow up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Gabrielle M Hoyumpa

210-867-0336Gabrielle.M.Hoyumpa@uth.tmc.edu

Jason Burnett

(713) 500-3845Jason.Burnett@uth.tmc.edu

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Gabrielle M Hoyumpa

210-867-0336Gabrielle.M.Hoyumpa@uth.tmc.edu

Jason Burnett

(713) 500-3845Jason.Burnett@uth.tmc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Last update posted

Aug 30, 2021

Last verified

Aug, 2021

Keywords

  • depression
  • anxiety
  • loneliness
  • isolation
  • adult protective services

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston on 2021-08-30.