Establishing Social Connections in Urban Areas: Evaluating a Community-based Programme
Tackling Youth Loneliness in Urban Areas: Measuring Feasibility, Acceptability, and Benefits of a Community-based Intervention.
Queen Mary University of London
70 participants
Feb 12, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- 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 Criteria8
- 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 communicate even with communication support.
- Planned unavailability for \>3 weeks during intervention and follow up periods.
- Participating in another research project related to loneliness.
- Reports current severe unstable health problems (mental or physical) or is deemed overburdened with respect to participating in research.
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Interventions
The intervention focuses on free or low-cost social interaction by offering community initiatives and activities, online spaces for interaction, and social events to young and working-age adults in London. Activities include but are not limited to social walks, bingo nights, board game afternoons and pub quizzes.
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NCT06805136