NCT05085132

An Efficacy Trial of the MindFi App for Stress, Well-being, and Sleep Quality in Working Adults

Completed NA Last updated 28 September 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing MindFi app: Standard content in Stress in 192 participants. Completed in 31 May 2022.

Timeline

1 December 2021

Primary endpoint
31 May 2022

31 May 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	National University of Singapore
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	192
Start date	1 December 2021
Primary completion	31 May 2022
Estimated completion	31 May 2022
Sites	1 location across Singapore

Drugs / interventions tested

• MindFi app: Standard content
• Mindfi app: Standard content without practice

Conditions studied

• Stress — all drugs for Stress →
• Burnout — all drugs for Burnout →

Sponsor

National University of Singapore

Who can join

Adults 21 to 65, any sex, with Stress or Burnout. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

90% of Asian workers report high levels of stress in an "always-on" culture. Stress and burnout are risk factors that account for 10-20% of health expenditure and threaten work longevity in the world's fastest growing economies. Traditional face-to-face sources of mental care such as counseling and psychotherapy are effective as a countermeasure to stress, but not always accessible or acceptable for those with busy lifestyles. Because of this, there is an urgent need for on-demand, scalable interventions to reduce stress and improve mental and physical well being. Technology-based solutions are increasingly being proposed to fill this need.

MindFi is a smartphone app that uses mindfulness exercises to help users cope with work stress and increase productivity. Since 2017, it has been featured by Apple, BBC, and Bloomberg and is being used at corporates such as Bain, Bloomberg, Cigna, and Zendesk. MindFi users contribute behavioral and self-report data, which are then used to generate individual recommendations for relevant, evidence-based exercises. These include mental care techniques such as mindfulness meditation, therapeutic journaling, psychosocial support and educational wellbeing quizzes.

In this study, the investigators will recruit 200 participants in a randomized controlled design, with 100 receiving access to content of the MindFi app, and 100 receiving access to a version containing music tracks for relaxation. Each intervention will last 4 weeks. Participants will use these apps for a period of 5 weeks (for a minimum of 10 minutes per day). Pre- and post-intervention, the investigators will measure self-reported ratings on a number of psychological variables, and will track sleep quality objectively for a one-week period.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.