Enhancing Wellbeing in Secondary School Students: A 2-Year Prospective Cohort Study on an App-based Approach With Wellness Resources, Coaching Support, and Biofeedback Monitoring
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 50
- 主要终点
- Wellbeing Survey Results
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to investigate the effects of an app and wearable device on the wellbeing of secondary school students. The app will offer support for stress management, sleep improvement, and time management. Additionally, it will provide access to educational resources, text-based coaching, and biofeedback monitoring through the wearable device. The device, worn around the wrist, will measure heart rate variability as an indicator of stress response. Throughout the study, students will complete bi-monthly surveys on sleep, stress, and overall wellbeing. To assess the specific impact of each feature, the app features will be released incrementally over the course of a year. The intervention group, comprising students in their last two years of secondary school, will have access to the app and wearable device, while a control group within the same class will not use the system but will complete the same wellness surveys. Coaches on this platform will come from the Centre for Positive Health Sciences MSc in Positive Health Coaching as part of their continued training in coaching. Coaching will be asynchronous so that students can post questions at any time during the day, but coaches will respond within 24 hours, during office hours. It will be made clear that this is not a therapeutic service and will be directed to other resources for these services. Coaches will file an incident report if a risk arises from a message with participants. Participants will be given guidelines for the type of questions they can ask such as asking for advice for setting goals related to their digital habits and sleeping better. The study's findings will provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of the app and wearable device in enhancing student wellbeing leading up to their leaving certification exams.
详细描述
App-based wellness resources, coaching support, and biofeedback monitoring for sustained health and wellbeing of secondary school students
Justin Laiti, Dr. Elaine Byrne, Dr. Pádraic Dunne
Background
Secondary school students across the world face ongoing academic demands that can negatively impact their mental, physical and social health. Short-term impacts can lead to poor academic achievement, decreased motivation and increased school dropout, while long-term impacts can result in mental health issues (anxiety and depression), sleep disturbances, substance abuse and ultimately, unemployment. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) conducted a longitudinal study (2011) of 900 Irish Post-primary school students and found that exam-related stress was a significant issue, especially related to the Leaving Certificate exam. Some of this exam-related stress was mitigated by a positive relationship between the school teachers and the students. While there have been reports of decreasing wellbeing among secondar school students1, little evidence exists regarding the biopsychosocial impacts of school-related stress on Irish students. However, the investigators might assume that Irish students experience similar issues to their international counterparts.
Biofeedback
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •entering their 5th year in secondary school
- •attending one of the three secondary school programmes involved (St. Wolstans, Gorey CS, and the Rush Youth Reach)
- •receive consent to participate from a parent/guardian
- •in possession of a smart phone
排除标准
- •students did not return parental consent forms
研究组 & 干预措施
Mobile app and wearable heart rate variability monitoring
A mobile app was developed based on students feedback about their wellbeing needs gathered in a previous study through focus groups, surveys and design activities. This app includes features for students to track wellbeing habits, enter goals, access evidence-based resources related to their wellbeing topics of interest, and see heart rate variability summary metrics. These metrics will stream via bluetooth from the wrist-worn wearable device that has been developed at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. This device includes a PPG sensor, charging port, and light indicator. There is no screen, so all data will be displayed through the mobile app.
干预措施: Mobile app and wrist-worn monitor (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Wellbeing Survey Results
时间窗: Starting at onboarding and measured every three months, assessed up to 70 weeks.
Students will complete a set of three wellbeing surveys at three month intervals during the study, not including summer break. These surveys include the Perceived Stress Score, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-Adolescent (PSQI-A) assessment, and the EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-being.
次要结局
- App Engagement(Every time the student uses the app, assessed for up to 70 weeks until the study end date.)
- Routine check-ins(This will be completed three times a week, for up to 70 weeks until the study end date.)
- Heart Rate Variability Metrics(Summary metrics will be recorded every five minutes when the student is wearing the device, collected for up to 70 weeks..)