An Online Trial of Five Well-being Programs

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Well-being
• Interventions: Behavioral: Happify

• Registration Number: NCT03233022
• Lead Sponsor: Happify Inc.

Brief Summary

Participants complete an 8-week program and complete assessment measures to track their outcomes over time.

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomly assigned between five different well-being programs, each 8-weeks long and taking place on a simplified research version of the Happify platform. They will be asked to complete questionnaires before and after the 8-week program, as well as 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up questionnaires after the program is complete, at which point study participation will end.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-02
• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-25
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-28
• Status Verified: 2017-08
• Primary Completion: 2018-03
• Study Completion: 2018-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2018-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 14000

Inclusion Criteria

• No prior experience on the Happify platform (new user registration)

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Positively-focused tracks	Happify	Participants use two pre-selected Happify tracks that focus on improving positives (e.g. building well-being, using one's strengths). Several engagement elements are missing, including social forums, regular informational emails, and the ability to play games. Participants gain access to 8 weeks worth of content, but may repeat the content as often as they like in the follow-up period.
Distraction condition	Happify	Participants complete a series of quizzes and polls on Happify designed to engage them in thinking about well-being topics, but without giving any specific instructions for how to promote well-being. Participants gain access to 8 weeks worth of content, but may repeat the content as often as they like in the follow-up period.
Unchanged Happify	Happify	Participants use Happify as it is currently available to consumers on the main site, including all engagement elements. Users may access a wide variety of 4-week programs and use them in any way they desire for the entire study period.
Placebo condition	Happify	Participants complete a Happify program that is designed to engage with specific activities, but that does not aim to promote positive emotion or reduce negative emotion. Participants gain access to 8 weeks worth of content, but may repeat the content as often as they like in the follow-up period.
Negatively-focused tracks	Happify	Participants use two pre-selected Happify tracks that focus on remediating negatives (e.g. "conquering negative thoughts" and "managing stress"). Several engagement elements are missing, including social forums, regular informational emails, and the ability to play games. Participants gain access to 8 weeks worth of content, but may repeat the content as often as they like in the follow-up period.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety Symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item; GAD-7)	Change from baseline to 8-week post, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up	7-item measure of anxiety symptoms
Depressive Symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item; PHQ-9)	Change from baseline to 8-week post, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up	9-item measure of depressive symptoms

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Resilience composite	Change from baseline to 8-week post, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up	Composite score made of perceived stress, positive emotionality, and optimism

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Happify (an online platform -- study is entirely online); 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States