NCT07308613 - Developing and Testing a Machine Learning Enabled Mindfulness Intervention for Reducing Loneliness Among Hong Kong Chinese Older Adults | Crick

Overview

Develop and test an effective machine learning enabled application-based (app-based) mindfulness intervention for reducing loneliness of Hong Kong Chinese older adults.

This study will utilize a hybrid Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial-Micro Randomized Trial (Hybrid SMART-MRT) to: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of a single-session intervention (SSI) of mindfulness on reducing loneliness; 2) identify the optimal first-line coaching approach after the SSI of mindfulness; 3) examine whether increasing the intensity of human coaching or adding a telephone-based human-delivered booster session will benefit participants who do not respond to the first-line coaching; 4) determine whether sending push notifications increases the engagement of our app-based coaching, by comparing its results with those of no push notification; 5) determine whether sending a recommended activity increases the engagement of our app-based coaching, by comparing its results with those of no recommended activity; and 6) determine whether sending a personalized motivational message increases the engagement of our app-based coaching, by comparing its results with those of a standard motivational message.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Loneliness

Interventions

Mindfulness - ContinueBEHAVIORAL

Second-line of coaching (4 weeks): Continue with existing intervention plan

Mindfulness - Enhance human coachingBEHAVIORAL

Second-line of coaching (4 weeks): Increase intensity of human coaching

Mindfulness - BoosterBEHAVIORAL

Second-line of coaching (4 weeks): Add a booster session

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 65 or older * Possess a smartphone with an Android or iOS operating system * Communicable in Cantonese * Lonely (cut-off \>/=6 on the three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale) Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorder, learning disability * Active suicide ideation * Engaged in psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions in the past year

Locations (1)

The Education University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Loneliness

UCLA Loneliness Scale; each item will be rated from 1=Never to 4=Always. Total scores range from 20 to 80