Increasing Social Connection Through Crisis Caring Contacts: A Pragmatic Trial
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Brief summary
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The main purpose is to learn if sending messages from the VA (called "Caring Contacts") reduces loneliness and improves mental health. The investigators want to understand if these messages are effective in Veterans aged 60 and above who have missed appointments at the VA even though they have health problems. Participants will receive up to 10 postcards mailed in envelopes from a fellow Veteran (Peer Specialist) from their local VA, and will be asked to fill out four surveys. The investigators are recruiting 920 Veterans aged 50 years and older who have felt isolated and have missed appointments at the VA to join this study.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05484297
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 974 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 3, 2023
- Primary completion
- Feb 16, 2026
- Completion
- Feb 16, 2026
- Last update posted
- Apr 1, 2026
2023 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48105-2303 | — |
| VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR | Portland | Oregon | 97207-2964 | — |
| VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA | Seattle | Washington | 98108-1532 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 1, 2026 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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