Virtual Yoga for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Rural Veterans

The overarching goal of this project is to decrease social isolation and loneliness through increased awareness and uptake of virtual yoga group classes among rural Veterans.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Loneliness; Social Isolation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Virtual Yoga at First 8 weeks; Behavioral: Virtual Yoga at Second 8 weeks

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 70
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
      • VA Portland Health Care System

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 88 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in VA Healthcare
• Residential address associated with VA Portland Health Care System that is "rural" or "highly rural; except among Collaborative Aging Research using Technology (CART) participants
• Valid contact info (mailing address, email, and phone number)
• High speed Internet access
• Positive screen for loneliness (NIH Toolbox Loneliness Scale Score greater or equal to 13)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any VA or non-VA yoga visit in the preceding 12 months
• Visually or hearing impaired, or any mobility limitation that would impact computer/mobile device use, without availability of appropriate assistive devices
• Cognitive impairment, upcoming medical procedures, or significant unstable medical and psychiatric conditions that may limit study participation

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Immediate Treatment Group; 8 weeks of Yoga Classes during first 8 weeks of study	Behavioral: Virtual Yoga at First 8 weeks; 1 hour per week of virtual yoga delivered by an active movement therapist at the VA during the first 8 weeks of the study
Active Comparator: Waitlist Control; 8 weeks of Yoga Classes during second 8 weeks of study	Behavioral: Virtual Yoga at Second 8 weeks; 1 hour per week of virtual yoga delivered by an active movement therapist at the VA during the second 8 weeks of the study

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
UCLA Loneliness Scale, Version 3	Loneliness, higher scores indicate greater loneliness	10 Weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
NIH Toolbox Loneliness Scale	Loneliness, higher scores indicate greater loneliness	10 Weeks
Modified Duke Social Support Index, Social Interaction Subscale	Social Interaction Subscale	10 Weeks
Modified Duke Social Support Index, Social Interaction by Relationship Subscale	Social Interaction by Relationship Subscale	10 Weeks
Promis Social Roles and Activities	Measure on ability to participate in social roles and activities	10 Weeks
Promis Satisfaction with Social Roles and Activities	Measure on satisfaction with social roles and activities	10 Weeks
PHQ-9	Depression measure	10 Weeks
PC-PTSD-5	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Measure	10 Weeks
NIH CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey (CRISIS)	Selected items from this measure	10 Weeks
CSQ-8	Adaption of CSQ-8, a Satisfaction measure	10 Weeks
Treatment Delivery	Treatment Delivery (Veteran Assessed)	10 Weeks
Treatment Fidelity Checklist	Treatment Fidelity Checklist (Assessed by Provider	10 Weeks
Attitudes Toward Yoga	Survey items on familiarity with yoga, reasons for participation in yoga, and expectations regarding yoga.	10 Weeks
Sociodemographic Characteristics	Items on age, race/ethnicity, sex, gender, military background, household cohabitation status, zip code, employment status, education, household income, spirituality	10 Weeks
PEG (Pain, Enjoyment, General Activity) Scale	Assessing Pain Intensity and Interference	10 Weeks
SF-12	Assesses pain	10 Weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 29, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 21, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 24, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 22, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 20, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Veterans
• Other Study ID Numbers: Study00023836

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No