Mobile Interventions for the Prevention and Detection of Distress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Depression; Stress; Loneliness
• Interventions: Other: Mobile Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05072210
• Lead Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto

Brief Summary

Stress, anxiety, distress and depression are exceptionally high among healthcare providers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowledge of factors underlying distress and resilience and evidence based interventions to impact the mental wellbeing of frontline healthcare providers is limited. This study will evaluate a novel mobile platform to gather the "distress experience" of healthcare workers at Unity Health Toronto in real time during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, use automated personalized mobile interventions (e.g. routine, sleep, exercise) to nudge active/passive parameters to manage distress.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-05-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-05
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-08
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-12
• Study Completion: 2023-09-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-18
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

• Staff or healthcare providers working at Unity Health Toronto
• 18 years of age or older
• Must own a mobile phone running Android Version 6.0 and higher, or an iPhone 6 running OS 14 and higher)

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-Unity Health Toronto staff

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mobile Intervention Group	Mobile Intervention	One half of the participants will receive personalized automated alerts throughout their involvement.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress Scale	At 4 weeks from baseline	The primary outcome measure will be the ten-item Perceived Stress Scale. Scores range from 0 to 40, and higher scores indicate more severe stress.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress Scale	At 12 weeks from baseline	The primary outcome measure will be the ten-item Perceived Stress Scale. Scores range from 0 to 40, and higher scores indicate more severe stress.
Active Data - Short UCLA Loneliness Scale	At 4 weeks from baseline	Short, 3-item scale; scores range from 3 to 9, and higher scores indicate more severe loneliness symptoms. Feasibility of the mobile platform will be indicated by a significant reduction in score.
Passive Data - GPS Sample Point Metrics	At 4 weeks from baseline	Feasibility of the mobile platform will be determined by the number of GPS sample points (mobility metrics) collected per user per day.
Active Data - Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale	At 4 weeks from baseline	7-item scale; scores range from 0 to 21, and higher scores indicate more severe anxiety symptoms. Feasibility of the mobile platform will be indicated by a significant reduction in score.
Active Data - Patient Health Questionnaire	At 4 weeks from baseline	9-item scale; scores range from 0 to 27, and higher scores indicate more severe depression symptoms. Feasibility of the mobile platform will be indicated by a significant reduction in score.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St. Michael's Hospital; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada