Project HOPEFUL: 8-week warm-calling program for homebound older adults

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This partially nested randomized trial assigns homebound older adults receiving Home and Community-Based Services to one of two 8-week warm-calling interventions or to a no-contact control with the option to receive the program after eight weeks. Callers deliver manualized, empathic 'Belongingness and Empathy' (BE) content alone or BE plus a standardized suicide intervention training (ASIST), with calls delivered in 20–30 minute doses. Outcomes include measures of mental health, social functioning, quality of life, and coded provider behaviors from audio recordings, and implementation outcomes such as acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability are measured across multiple levels. Participants are followed with repeated measurements, including longer-term follow-ups to examine sustained effects and connecting behaviors.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

In order to be eligible as a participant in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Provision of verbal informed consent
2. Classify as an Older Adult (65+)
3. Stated willingness and ability to comply with all study procedures
4. Receive home and community-based services (HCBS) through the Aging Services Network (i.e. HDM (home delivered meals services), CM (congregate meals), etc.)
5. Be affiliated with the triple As and aging entities we have partnered with

In order to be eligible to be a trained provider in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Provision of written informed consent
2. State willingness to comply with all study procedures
3. Be a staff or volunteer within the ASN (Aging Services Network), specifically within the triple As and aging entities we have partnered with
4. Meet Wymann and colleagues (2008) criteria for being a "natural helpers"42 (i.e. be warm, empathic, and having ongoing interaction with participants through one's job role)
5. Be recommended by the aging entity leadership as meeting these qualifications

In order to be eligible to be a leadership personnel in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Provision of written informed consent
2. State willingness to comply with all study procedures
3. Be a in a leadership position within the aging entity or triple A in which we partnered, and have worked with the study team in helping implement the 8 week program

Exclusion criteria for Participants:

1. Had a dementia diagnosis, or another form of cognitive impairment, and/or hearing impairment that would preclude phone conversation.
2. Participation in another warm calling behavioral treatment or intervention study simultaneously occurring

Exclusion criteria for trained natural helpers:

1. Does not have ongoing interactions with potential old adult participants (i.e. is a part of an optimized nutrition service provider in which they do not serve the same older adults consistently over time)
2. Participation in another warm calling behavioral treatment or intervention study simultaneously occurring

Exclusion criteria for aging leaders:

1. Has not worked with the study team directly in implementing the 8-week treatment
2. Is not familiar with the implementation of the program

Where it's running

• University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Laura R Shannonhouse, PhD
• Email: lshannonhouse@coe.ufl.edu
• Phone: 352-273-4332

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.