Mobile Interventions for the Prevention and Detection of Distress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Depression; Stress; Loneliness

• 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

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