A Smartphone Intervention for Relational and Mental Well Being
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,765
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in loneliness
研究概览
简要总结
The primary aim of this study is to provide and evaluate a phone-based intervention to improve relational and mental well-being during the COVID-19 crisis. This information also will help us understand how individuals are responding to COVID-19 and have the potential to inform psychological and policy level interventions.
详细描述
We conducted a randomized intervention trial of a mobile-based intervention that offered participants daily suggestions for 14 days on how to improve relational and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 1765 adults residing in the United States participated in the study and were assigned to control or intervention conditions. To measure outcomes, all participants received a daily text message to their smartphones every evening for 28 days linking to a survey on relational and mental well-being. Participants also received a survey link on Days 56 and 72. Intervention participants received additional text messages in the mornings of Days 7 - 22 presenting the intervention suggestions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Resides in United States
- •Possesses smartphone
- •Willing to share phone number and email to researchers
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
The intervention was delivered via a series of daily text messages to mobile phones. Participants first were delivered an introductory text message at 6:00 pm on Day 7 of the study. This message alerted the participants to expect their first suggestion via text message at 8:00 am the following morning. For the next 14 days (Days 8 - 22), participants received one of 14 suggestions in random order. The specific daily suggestions varied in length and complexity: The simplest ones included text messages and a brief audiofile delivered via text; the more complex suggestions included text messages and a link to a web-page, which included text or embedded audiofiles describing why a suggestion was being made, how to engage in the suggested practice, and audiotaped exchanges between members of the production team describing what it was like to try the practices themselves. Some suggestions were supplemented with additional reminder and check-in text messages at noon and 4:00 pm.
干预措施: Intervention (Behavioral)
Control
Assessment only.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in loneliness
时间窗: Measured every evening for 28 days; the first 6 days constituted baseline measurement; change was assessed over Days 7 - 28 with baseline as a covariate
Loneliness was measured using two items adapted from the UCLA Loneliness Scale, "I felt lonely today" and "I felt left out today" using a slider from 0 (Not at all) to 10 (Extremely).
Change in depressed mood
时间窗: Measured every evening for 28 days; the first 6 days constituted baseline measurement; change was assessed over Days 7 - 28 with baseline as a covariate
Depressed mood was measured using the first two symptom items of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2, "I felt down, depressed, or hopeless today" and "I had little interest or pleasure in doing things today"; both were rated with a slider from 0 (None of the time) to 10 (All of the time) with anchors "Some of the time" and "Most of the time" spaced evenly between.
Change in relationship quality
时间窗: Measured every evening for 28 days; the first 6 days constituted baseline measurement; change was assessed over Days 7 - 28 with baseline as a covariate
Relationship quality was measured using two items, "I felt closer and more connected to important people in my life today" with a slider including 0 (Not at all), 5 (A moderate amount) and 10 (Very much so) and "I felt satisfied with my relationships today" with a slider from 0 (Not at all) to 10 (Extremely).
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Jonathan Kanter
Research Associate Professor
University of Washington