ArticleAging & mental health
Engage coaching for caregivers: a pilot trial to reduce loneliness in dementia caregivers.
Article in Aging & mental health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04176601 (Engage Psychotherapy to Promote Connectedness in Caregivers), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Engage Psychotherapy to Promote Connectedness in Caregivers: A Pilot Study of the Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to Reduce Loneliness in Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Together, but Isolated: A Dyadic Study of Social Isolation in Older Adults and Caregivers.Journal of aging and health · 2025Article
- The Psychology of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Later Life.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2025Review
- The 5D indicators of suicide risk in older adults who are lonely.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Psychosocial distress among spouses of persons with dementia before and after their partner's death.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- "Relationships, Very Quickly, Turn to Nothing": Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Adaptation to Changing Social Lives Among Persons Living With Dementia and Care Partners.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThere are no evidence-based interventions for reducing loneliness in family caregivers of people with dementia (ADRD caregivers), despite heightened risk. We examined feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention, Engage Coaching for Caregivers, to reduce loneliness and increase social connection for older ADRD caregivers experiencing stress and loneliness.
methodsA single-arm clinical trial of 8 individual sessions of Engage Coaching delivered remotely. Outcomes assessed 3-months post-intervention included loneliness and relationship satisfaction (co-primary) and perceived social isolation (secondary).
resultsEngage Coaching was feasible to deliver, with
conclusionEngage Coaching is a promising behavioral intervention to enhance social connection for older ADRD caregivers.
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