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Structured Opportunities for Connection to Improve Aging-related Loneliness

Who can join

Ages 55 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients 55 years of age or older attending an outpatient visit at an Endeavor Health primary care practice site in Evanston, IL.;
* Screened positive for loneliness (often, some of the time, or occasionally) using the one-item Loneliness Screener;
* Able to provide informed consent for study participation;
* Speaks and understands English language.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Prisoners, pregnant women, children
* Persons those who are determined to be unable to provide consent
* Non-English speakers

About the study

The goal of this early phase clinical trial is to determine the impact of participation in planned social activities among adults 55 years of age or older, who report feelings of loneliness. The main questions the study aims to answer are:

* With the availability of a personalized community activity plan, will patients with loneliness participate in two hours of social activity each week? * Will 2 hours/week of planned social activities in the community reduce individual reports of loneliness? Participants will meet with a community coordinator to identify community activities of interest to them and then participate, in-person or virtually, in these activities over a 6 month period. Patients will complete a series of surveys at the start of the study and then at 1, 3 and 6 months later.

What is being tested

• Prescribing of community activities; at least 2 hours per week (behavioral)

Sponsor: Endeavor Health · Participants: 50 · Started: May 1, 2026

Contact the study team

• Susan G. Fisher, MS, PhD · Phone: 224-364-7312
• Shannah Mwanda, MPH · Phone: 224-364-7459

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07708844

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.