NCT04242628: ANS-SE

The Ageing in a Networked Society -Social Experiment Study

Completed NA Last updated 29 April 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Facebook course in Loneliness in 180 participants. Completed in 30 September 2020.

Timeline

14 January 2019

Primary endpoint
31 July 2020

30 September 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Milano Bicocca
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	180
Start date	14 January 2019
Primary completion	31 July 2020
Estimated completion	30 September 2020
Sites	1 location across Italy

Drugs / interventions tested

• Facebook course
• Lifestyle Course

Conditions studied

• Loneliness — all drugs for Loneliness →
• Social Isolation — all drugs for Social Isolation →

Sponsor

University of Milano Bicocca

Who can join

75 and older, any sex, with Loneliness or Social Isolation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The Ageing in a Networked Society -Social Experiment study (ANS-SE) is a randomised controlled trial on older people residing in Abbiategrasso, a middle-size city located in the Milan area (Italy) and aims to assess the impact of SNS use on loneliness, that is the primary outcome of this study. The study is constituted of two stages, i.e. the baseline and the follow up. The experiment is structured into two treatment groups and a control group; the interventions are the attendance to a course on SNS use (T1) and lifestyle education and brain functioning (T2). The control group (C) is constituted of a waiting list. The study is part of the project "Aging in a networked society. Older people, social networks and well-being", funded by the Italian Fondazione Cariplo.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Loneliness and Social Engagement in Older Adults Based in Lombardy during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Long-Term Effects of a Course on Social Networking Sites Use.
   Rolandi E, Vaccaro R, Abbondanza S, Casanova G, et al · · 2020 · cited 44× · PMID 33126634 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph17217912
2. Assessing the impact of Social Networking Site use on older people's loneliness and social isolation. A randomized controlled trial: The Aging in a Networked Society-Social Experiment Study (ANS-SE).
   Zaccaria D, Guaita A, Vaccaro R, Casanova G, et al · · 2020 · cited 5× · PMID 32715151 · DOI 10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100615
3. The impact of ICT use on feelings of loneliness and isolation during the COVID‐19 lockdown among older people
   Vaccaro R, Rolandi E, Colombo M, Abbondanza S, et al · · 2021
4. Loneliness and social engagement in older adults based in Lombardy during COVID‐19 lockdown: The long‐term effects of social networking sites training course : Developing topics
   Rolandi E, Vaccaro R, Abbondanza S, Casanova G, et al · · 2020