An Online Trial of Five Well-being Programs

NCT ID: NCT03233022

Last Updated: 2018-08-01

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

14000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-29

Study Completion Date

2018-03-31

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Well-being

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Users are randomly assigned between arms after completing baseline assessment and stay in that arm for the duration of the study.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Unchanged 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.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Happify

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Negatively-focused tracks

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.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Happify

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Positively-focused tracks

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.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Happify

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Placebo condition

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.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Happify

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Distraction condition

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.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Happify

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Interventions

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Happify

An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Happify Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Happify (an online platform -- study is entirely online)

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Carpenter J, Crutchley P, Zilca RD, Schwartz HA, Smith LK, Cobb AM, Parks AC. Seeing the "Big" Picture: Big Data Methods for Exploring Relationships Between Usage, Language, and Outcome in Internet Intervention Data. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Aug 31;18(8):e241. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5725.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27580524 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.happify.com

Site where study is taking place.

Other Identifiers

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1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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