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Supporting Secondary School Student Wellbeing Through a Mobile App and Wearable Biofeedback

NCT06294210 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2024-03-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effects of an app and wearable device on the wellbeing of secondary school students. The app will offer support for stress management, sleep improvement, and time management. Additionally, it will provide access to educational resources, text-based coaching, and biofeedback monitoring through the wearable device. The device, worn around the wrist, will measure heart rate variability as an indicator of stress response. Throughout the study, students will complete bi-monthly surveys on sleep, stress, and overall wellbeing. To assess the specific impact of each feature, the app features will be released incrementally over the course of a year. The intervention group, comprising students in their last two years of secondary school, will have access to the app and wearable device, while a control group within the same class will not use the system but will complete the same wellness surveys. Coaches on this platform will come from the Centre for Positive Health Sciences MSc in Positive Health Coaching as part of their continued training in coaching. Coaching will be asynchronous so that students can post questions at any time during the day, but coaches will respond within 24 hours, during office hours. It will be made clear that this is not a therapeutic service and will be directed to other resources for these services. Coaches will file an incident report if a risk arises from a message with participants. Participants will be given guidelines for the type of questions they can ask such as asking for advice for setting goals related to their digital habits and sleeping better. The study\'s findings will provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of the app and wearable device in enhancing student wellbeing leading up to their leaving certification exams.

Conditions

  • No Disease or Condition is Being Studied
  • Stress Psychological
  • Overall Wellness

Interventions

DEVICE

Mobile app and wrist-worn monitor

A mobile app was developed based on students feedback about their wellbeing needs gathered in a previous study through focus groups, surveys and design activities. This app includes features for students to track wellbeing habits, enter goals, access evidence-based resources related to their wellbeing topics of interest, and see heart rate variability summary metrics. These metrics will stream via bluetooth from the wrist-worn wearable device that has been developed at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. This device includes a PPG sensor, charging port, and light indicator. There is no screen, so all data will be displayed through the mobile app.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-11
Primary Completion
2025-06-01
Completion
2025-07-01

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