Smartphone Application, Mood and Stress
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Smartphone Application
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Enrollment
- 132
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in mood (Assessed via Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaire)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the placebo effect in a smartphone-based training, ostensibly designed to improve mood and perceived stress by daily exposition to either mock sound or color.
Detailed Description
The overall goal of the outlined study is to investigate the placebo effect in a smartphone-based training, ostensibly designed to improve mood and perceived stress by daily exposition to either mock sound or color. During 14 days, subjects will participate in regular daily training sessions. During another 6 days, subjects will transfer the smartphone-based training to daily life.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Access to smartphone during study period
Exclusion Criteria
- •Severe visual impairment
- •Dyschromatopsia
- •Severe defective hearing
- •Regular intake of medication (excl. contraceptives)
- •Severe mental disorders
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in mood (Assessed via Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaire)
Time Frame: Pre- and post-training, during 20 days of training
Assessed via Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaire
Change in perceived stress
Time Frame: Pre- and post-training, during 20 days of training
Assessed via State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory; Visual Analog Scale
Secondary Outcomes
- Emotional state (Assessed via Self-Assessment-Manikin scales)(Post-training, during 20 days of training)