An Online Trial of Five Well-being Programs

Happify

Status: Completed

Conditions: Well-being

Treatments: Behavioral: Happify

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03233022

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Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 14,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14,000 participants in 5 patient groups, including a placebo group

Unchanged Happify

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Happify

Negatively-focused tracks

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Happify

Positively-focused tracks

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Happify

Placebo condition

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Happify

Distraction condition

Sham Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Happify