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HRV and Coaching Preparation Phase Study

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Health Behavior
Work Related Stress
Job Stress
Anxiety Depression
Interventions
Behavioral: Core Health Program
Behavioral: Daily resting HRV
Behavioral: Momentary HRV feedback
Behavioral: Practice with feedback coaching
Behavioral: Behavioural initiation coaching
Registration Number
NCT05150574
Lead Sponsor
Brock University
Brief Summary

This pilot study will evaluate possible intervention components to be included in a future stress management and health behaviour change trial and to pilot test their feasibility and acceptability in a small sample.

Detailed Description

Work is one of the greatest contributors to chronic stress. Chronic stress is a critical risk factor leading to several negative work- and health-related outcomes. Developing scalable stress-management interventions will improve workers' health and wellness. The purpose of this project is to develop an optimized a stress reduction behavioural coaching and biofeedback intervention to supplement an existing mHealth platform (consisting of behavioural web-based modules). By testing coaching and biofeedback, this project can determine what level of interaction with a trained coach is necessary to optimally reduce workers' stress, and improve their health and well-being. To achieve this purpose, the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) will be employed to develop, optimize, and evaluate the efficacy of this intervention. The three-phases include: preparation (selecting which intervention components are feasible to examine), optimization (determining the optimized package of components), and evaluation (evaluating the efficacy of the optimized package through a randomized control trial). This trial will cover the first phase of the MOST protocol. This pilot study will evaluate possible intervention components to be included in a future stress management and health behaviour change trial and to pilot test their feasibility and acceptability in a small sample.

Preparation phase objectives:

1.1 Determine which candidate components will be tested in a later optimization phase and at what dose they will be tested 1.2 Examine the feasibility of delivering the different components 1.3 Examine the acceptability of delivering the different components 1.4 Evaluate whether the outcomes can be feasibly measured

Design overview: A 2\^4 (2x2x2x2) factorial experiment will run in the next phase of this project to test all combinations of four candidate components "turned on and off" with 16 different conditions. In the present study, we will ask 16 participants to each participate in and evaluate one of the sixteen conditions. The four candidate components being tested are: Daily resting HRV biofeedback, Momentary HRV biofeedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching. Additionally, all participants will be asked to use complete the 8-week health behaviour change and stress management program on the Core health mHealth platform. Participants will be randomized to completing one of the sixteen conditions while completing the eight-week CoreHealth program.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
16
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18 years and older
  • Able to read and comprehend English
  • Have smart phone (Android or iPhone 8 or higher)
  • Self-report BMI under 40
  • report at least Moderate daily stress
Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Condition 4Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Practice with feedback coaching and behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 8Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback, behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 7Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback and behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 10Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 11Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 5Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback
Condition 8Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback, behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 2Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 4Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Practice with feedback coaching and behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 6Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 7Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback and behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 1Core Health ProgramCore Health platform only
Condition 2Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 3Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 3Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 4Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus Practice with feedback coaching and behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 5Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback
Condition 6Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 6Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 10Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 7Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback and behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 9Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV
Condition 12Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 13Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Momentary HRV feedback
Condition 15Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 8Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback, behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 9Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV
Condition 10Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 15Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 8Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Momentary HRV feedback, behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 11Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 12Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 15Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 16Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 16Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 16Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 16Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 11Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Behavioural initiation coaching
Condition 12Behavioural initiation coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 13Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Momentary HRV feedback
Condition 14Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 14Momentary HRV feedbackCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 14Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 16Practice with feedback coachingCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 12Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Behavioural initiation coaching, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 13Daily resting HRVCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback and Momentary HRV feedback
Condition 14Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Practice with feedback coaching
Condition 15Core Health ProgramCore Health platform plus Daily resting HRV feedback, Momentary HRV feedback, and Behavioural initiation coaching
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Feasibility and acceptability of intervention componentsAssessment taken immediately after the intervention

Acceptability and Feasibility of Intervention Measure (Scale range 1\[completely disagree\] to 5 \[completely agree\] with higher scores being better; Weiner et al., 2017)

Health coach perceptions of intervention deliveryAssessment taken immediately after the intervention

Semi-structured interview questions to evaluate experiences, likes, dislikes, potential changes, and perceived feasibility

Participant perceptions of intervention componentsAssessment taken immediately after the intervention

Semi-structured interview questions to evaluate experiences, likes, dislikes, potential changes, and perceived feasibility

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
User engagementcontinuously collected during 8-week intervention

number of times participants access the Core Health platform

Heart rate variabilityAssessment taken immediately before and after the intervention

7-day device-measured HRV

Completion of survey measuresAssessment taken immediately before and after the intervention

% of questionnaire measures answered and % missing data

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Brock University

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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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