Using Virtual Reality Travel to Reduce Loneliness in Older Adults
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Official title
Virtual Reality Travel (VRT) as a Loneliness Intervention for Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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This study aims to investigate whether and how virtual reality travel (VRT) can reduce loneliness among older adults. It will utilize a mixed-methods research design that combines an randomly assigned experiment with follow-up semi-structured interviews. This is a pilot study and it is essential to establish the feasibility and acceptability of the protocol, assess the tolerability of VR technology in this population prior to conducting a full-scale RCT, and generate preliminary effect size estimates to inform future sample size calculations.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT07644416
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 40 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Virtual Reality Travel Behavioral
- Puzzle-Based Attention Control Activity Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 65 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 31, 2026
- Primary completion
- Dec 29, 2026
- Completion
- May 29, 2027
- Last update posted
- Aug 13, 2026
2026 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Village at Bloomington | Bloomington | Indiana | 47401 | Recruiting |
| Bell Trace | Bloomington | Indiana | 47408 | Recruiting |
| Area 10 Agency on Aging | Ellettsville | Indiana | 47429 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Aug 13, 2026 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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