Testing the Effects of the Calm App on Sleep, Mental Health, and Productivity Outcomes in Employees
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,029
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Epworth Sleepiness Scale
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of using the Calm app + coaching concierge (one 20-min session) and/or Calm Coaching for sleep program on sleep, mental health, and work productivity outcomes in employees.
Employees (N=5,000) will be randomized into one of two groups for 8-weeks.
详细描述
Workplace stress is highly prevalent and is linked to poor health outcomes including depression and anxiety. Depression impacts a person's physical ability to complete job tasks about 20% of the time while reducing cognitive performance 35% of the time. Mental health issues are not often properly identified and less than half of people receive treatment.
The Calm app is a mindfulness meditation mobile app and has been evidenced to reduce stress, improve sleep, and reduce anxiety/depressive symptoms in a range of populations (e.g., college students, cancer patients, sleep-disturbed adults). The Calm app provides daily, 10-minute, guided meditations grounded in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and Vipassana meditation. Uniquely, the Calm app also offers "Sleep Stories", narrated fictional tales that use mindfulness- inspired techniques to help users sleep. However, the effects of the Calm app in employees among worksites has not yet been explored.
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of using the Calm app + coaching concierge (one 20-min session) and/or Calm Coaching for sleep program on sleep, mental health, and work productivity outcomes in employees.
Employees (N=5,000) will be randomized into one of two groups for 8-weeks.
The research team will randomize the employee sites into one of two groups
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Sequential
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years or older
- •Employee of company
- •Only English speakers
- •Willing to download the Calm app to their smartphone
排除标准
- •Greater than 60 minutes/month of meditation for the past six months
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
Participants will be asked to use the Calm app for at least 10 minutes per day for eight weeks. They will also be asked to schedule one live 20-minute coaching session with a Calm Coach within the first week of the eight-week intervention to help identify areas for health behavior improvements (i.e., Calm Concierge).
- Calm Coaching for sleep Subsample (N=100): A random subsample of eligible participants, based on their ISI scores, will be invited to use the Calm Coaching for Sleep Program (using Healthie platform).
干预措施: The Calm App (Behavioral)
Waitlist Control
Participants will be instructed to not participate in any mindfulness meditation activities for eight weeks. The research team will send the participant study instructions. At the end of eight weeks participants will be given access to the Calm app and will be able to schedule one live 20-minute coaching session with a Calm Coach.
- Calm Coaching for sleep Subsample (N=100): A random subsample of eligible participants, based on their ISI scores, will be invited to use the Calm Coaching for sleep Program. The Calm Coaching for sleep program is administered by Calm for six weeks.
干预措施: The Calm App (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
时间窗: Change from baseline daytime sleepiness at 8-weeks; 8-items; Scores range from 0-24 with higher scores indicating higher levels of daytime sleepiness.
Daytime sleepiness
Insomnia Severity Index
时间窗: Change from baseline symptoms of insomnia at 8-weeks; 7-items; Scores range from 0-28 with higher scores indicating greater symptoms of insomnia.
Symptoms of insomnia
次要结局
- Productivity(Change from baseline to post-intervention (week 8))
- Pittsburgh Sleep Diaries(Daily for 6 weeks)
- Resilience(Change from baseline to post-intervention (week 8))
- Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale(Change from baseline to post-intervention (week 8))