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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1429331
This article is part of the Research Topic International Perspectives on Older Adult Social Isolation and Loneliness View all 39 articles

I-CONECT Intervention Effects on Weekly Time Spent Outside of Home and Social Contacts among Socially Isolated Older Adults

Provisionally accepted
Kexin Yu Kexin Yu 1,2*Chao-Yi Wu Chao-Yi Wu 3Lisa C Silbert Lisa C Silbert 1,2,4Jeffrey A Kaye Jeffrey A Kaye 1,2,4Hiroko H. Dodge Hiroko H. Dodge 3
  • 1 Oregon Center for Aging and Technology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
  • 2 Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
  • 3 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • 4 VA Portland Health Care System, Veterans Health Administration, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Portland, Oregon, United States

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    Background: Socially isolated individuals tend to have less access to cognitively stimulating activities, which could adversely impact their cognitive health. The Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) intervention was designed to deliver online conversation sessions to socially isolated older old adults to prevent cognitive decline.The current study examined the intervention efficacy on participants' weekly time spent out-ofhome and their social interaction with family and friends. control group. The intervention effect on contact with family was not significant for either the NC or MCI group.The I-CONECT intervention enhanced social activities among socially isolated older old participants, which could provide additional cognitive stimulation and prevent cognitive decline.

    Keywords: behavioral activation, non-pharmacological trials, Social Isolation, cognitive health, efficacy and mechanisms

    Received: 07 May 2024; Accepted: 19 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yu, Wu, Silbert, Kaye and Dodge. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Kexin Yu, Oregon Center for Aging and Technology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, 97239, Oregon, United States

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