Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an internet-based CBT intervention for loneliness in older adults: A pilot RCT

Dworschak, Christine; Heim, Eva; Tröster, Alicia; Grunder, Chantal; Maercker, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100692

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Dworschak, C., Heim, E., Tröster, A., Grunder, C., & Maercker, A. (2024). Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an internet-based CBT intervention for loneliness in older adults: A pilot RCT. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 15, 100692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100692

Abstract

Background Older adults are an important target group for loneliness interventions. However, most existing interventions aimed at older individuals do not focus on the strategy that has proven most effective (i.e., modifying maladaptive social cognition). Additionally, given the low mental health service use in this population, innovative treatment approaches are needed in order to provide support to this age cohort. The aim of the current study was to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a newly dev