Flourishing App: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Well-being Application for Mobile Devices

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This protocol proposes a well-being program, delivered through an application for mobile devices, based on meditation and positive psychology principles such as human development, the improvement of virtues, quality of life and well-being. The investigators hypothesize that this program offered in mobile application may promote well-being and reduce stress related problems in the participants. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a well-being program delivered through an application for mobile devices in a sample of employees who work in a company (Natura Inovação/Cosméticos) and in a hospital (Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein). Methods: Two hundred and fifty employees from Natura Inovação/Cosméticos and 250 employees from Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein will be recruited. The participants will be randomized in two groups of 125 participants each one, half of them in the control group (GC) and the other half to the intervention group (GI), by institution.

Detailed Description
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Introduction: Stress related disorders may result in absenteeism and less productivity in companies. This protocol proposes a well-being program, delivered through an application for mobile devices, based on meditation and positive psychology principles such as human development, the improvement of virtues, quality of life and well-being. In the modern world not all people are willing to attend classroom training for several reasons. In this sense, the investigators hypothesize that this program offered in mobile application may promote well-being and reduce stress related problems in the participants. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a well-being program delivered through an application for mobile devices in a sample of employees who work in a company (Natura Inovação/Cosméticos) and in a hospital (Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein). Methods: Two hundred and fifty employees from Natura Inovação/Cosméticos and 250 employees from Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein will be recruited. The participants will be randomized in two groups of 125 participants each one, half of them in the control group (GC) and the other half to the intervention group (GI), by institution. The GI will participate in the Flourishing App Program, for eight weeks, while the GC will have access to a Control App. Then, after the evaluations, the GC will receive the intervention (Flourishing App Program), while the first group will not receive any intervention. Questions will be applied to evaluate the levels of stress and well-being of participants before and after the program and before and after each training period.

Official Title
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Flourishing App: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Well-being Application for Mobile Devices

Conditions
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Emotional Stress

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Flourishing App Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Female aging from 18 to 60 Complete higher education Employees from Natura Inovação/Cosméticos and from Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein Exclusion Criteria: none

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Control App<br>Initially this control group will have access to a Control App and after 8 weeks this goup will receive the intervention (Flourishing App Program). | |
| Experimental: Flourishing App Program<br>This group will receive the intervention Flourishing App Program and after that it will not receive any other intervention. | Behavioral: Flourishing App Program<br>* This intervention is based on relaxation, well-being promotion, meditation practices and positive psychology principles. The program is being evaluated in a classroom format into another project and was adapted for this project in the application format for mobile devices. It will last for 8 weeks, with trainings of 15 to 25 minutes, four times a week.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Changes in subjective symptoms of well-being at work | Sliding scale for stress level from 0 to 100 | baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks | 
| Changes in subjective symptoms of stress | Sliding scale for well-being level from 0 to 100 | baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Changes in subjective symptoms of stress at the moment assessed using the sliding scale for stress | Sliding scale for stress level from 0 to 100 | four times a week, before and after the period of each class (20 min) | 
| Changes in subjective symptoms of well-being at the moment assessed using the sliding scale for well-being | Sliding scale for well-being level from 0 to 100 | four times a week, before and after the period of each class (20 min) | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Stress, Well-being, Positive psychology