Clinical trial NCT01586949: Effectiveness of a Well-being Web-based Intervention
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of the Web-based Well-being Intervention Daily Challenge
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Focus of Study: Healthy Individuals
Keywords: well-being
web-based intervention
social networks
Lead sponsor: MeYou Health, LLC
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Healthways, Inc.
First posted: 2012-04-27
Enrollment: 1503
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether the intervention Daily Challenge (MeYou Health, LLC), a behavioral intervention delivered online, is effective in improving individuals' well-being.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults (18 years of age or older, 19 years of age or older if participant resides in Alabama or Nebraska)
* Provided informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does not live in the United States of America
* Has a Facebook friend enrolled in the study
* Fails to complete the informed consent and registration process in the allotted time (45 minutes)
* Gender (recruitment will be titrated to ensure a minimum of 30% male ratio)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Well-being score, as determined by the Healthways Well-Being Assessment
timeFrame: Baseline, 30 days, 90 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Interpersonal support score, as evaluated with the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL)
timeFrame: Baseline, 30 days, 90 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: MeYou Health office
state: Massachusetts
Study officials:
affiliation: MeYou Health, LLC
name: Josee Poirier, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: MeYou Health, LLC
name: Nathan K Cobb, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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