The Effects of the App HeartBot on the Stress and Emotional Well-Being Over a 21-day Challenge

Ranjani Iyer

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: HeartBot App

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04589520

2019/07/11

Details and patient eligibility

About

HeartBot is an app designed to enable people 14 years and older to use relaxation tools offered by Heartfulness. The study is conducted to examine the effect of the app on stress and emotional wellness in participants 14 years and older.

Research Question: Does HeartBot affect the stress levels and emotional wellness in participants 14 years and older?

Hypothesis: Participants who use HeartBot for 21 days will see a significant decrease in their stress levels and an improvement in emotional wellness.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants 14 years of age and older willing to participate in the study; parental/guardian consent in case of the student below 18 years of age.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals less than 14 years of age. As the app is available on iOS only, you need to have an iOS device to participate.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

HeartBot Group

Experimental group

Description:

The HeartBot group downloaded the app and used it daily for 21 days based on a calendar that provided them with step by step outlines of the tools for each day.

Treatment:

Behavioral: HeartBot App

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group did not download the app and experienced no change to their daily routines.