Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2013
The Senior Connection: design and rationale of a randomized trial of peer companionship to reduce suicide risk in later life.
Trial report in Contemporary clinical trials, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01408654 (Social Connections and Healthy Aging), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Social Connections and Healthy Aging (The Senior Connection)
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- The interpersonal theory of suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of a decade of cross-national research.Psychological bulletin · 2017Pooled it
- Experiences of Peer Mentoring Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults Who Are at Risk for Suicide: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- A Pilot Randomized Trial of Engage Psychotherapy to Increase Social Connection and Reduce Suicide Risk in Later Life.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Associations between loneliness severity and depression and suicidal ideation among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Aging & mental health · 2026Article
- "Stop, Think, and Appreciate": A Qualitative Exploration of a Challenge Coin Suicide Prevention Intervention among Farmers.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Personality Profiles of Older Suicide Attempters: Cross-Sectional And Prospective Differences From Depressed Nonattempter And Nonpsychiatric Comparisons.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Open-Air Bath Program in Reducing Loneliness and Improving Brain Function for Dementia Prevention in Older Adults: Protocol for a Prospective Randomized Crossover Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Connecting Today: Feasibility and acceptability of a remote visiting program for people living with dementia in long-term care homes.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
- Suicide prevention strategies for older persons-An integrative review of empirical and theoretical papers.Nursing open · 2021Review
- Peer-based interventions targeting suicide prevention: A scoping review.American journal of community psychology · 2021Article
- Music Connects Us: Development of a Music-Based Group Activity Intervention to Engage People Living with Dementia and Address Loneliness.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Acceptability of a lay-delivered intervention for depression in senior centers.Aging & mental health · 2021Article
- Evaluation of an Intergenerational and Technological Intervention for Loneliness: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- "It makes me feel not so alone": features of the Choose to Move physical activity intervention that reduce loneliness in older adults.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Aging and Feeling Valued Versus Expendable During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: a Review and Commentary of Why Mattering Is Fundamental to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2021Article
- Acceptability of personal contact interventions to address loneliness for people with dementia: An exploratory mixed methods study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2020Article
- Comorbidity Profiles Identified in Older Primary Care Patients Who Attempt Suicide.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019Article
- Suicide Among Older Adults Living in or Transitioning to Residential Long-term Care, 2003 to 2015.JAMA network open · 2019Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
There is a pressing public health need to find interventions that reduce suicide risk in later life. Psychiatric and physical illness, functional decline, and social factors place seniors at risk for suicide. Reflecting this body of evidence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the promotion and strengthening of social connectedness, between and within the individual, family, community, and broader societal levels, as a key strategy for suicide prevention. The Senior Connection, a randomized trial of peer companionship for older adults, is described here, with an emphasis on the most novel features of the study design-grounding in a psychological theory of suicide and intervening at an early stage in the suicide risk trajectory by linking primary care patients with the Aging Services Provider Network.
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