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CompletedNCT01586949Updated Sep 23, 2015

Effectiveness of a Well-being Web-based Intervention

An interventional study of Daily Challenge in Focus of Study: Healthy Individuals, sponsored by MeYou Health, LLC. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-09-23.

Sponsored by MeYou Health, LLC · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,503
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study 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.

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Conditions studied

  • Focus of Study: Healthy Individuals

Keywords

  • well-being
  • web-based intervention
  • social networks
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In context

Lead sponsor

MeYou Health, LLC is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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

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)
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
1,503 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment

    Intervention: Daily Challenge

    Behavioral: Daily Challenge

  • No intervention
    Control

    Weekly Well-being, an email-based health information delivery service.

Interventions

  • BehavioralDaily Challenge

    Web-based behavioral intervention aiming to improve individuals' well-being.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Well-being score, as determined by the Healthways Well-Being Assessment

    Change in well-being score

    Time frame: Baseline, 30 days, 90 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Interpersonal support score, as evaluated with the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL)

    Change in interpersonal support score.

    Time frame: Baseline, 30 days, 90 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • MeYou Health office
    Boston, Massachusetts 02116, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Harrison PL, Pope JE, Coberley CR, Rula EY. Evaluation of the relationship between individual well-being and future health care utilization and cost. Popul Health Manag. 2012 Dec;15(6):325-30. doi: 10.1089/pop.2011.0089. Epub 2012 Feb 22. PubMed 22356589 ↗
  • Prochaska JO, Evers KE, Castle PH, Johnson JL, Prochaska JM, Rula EY, Coberley C, Pope JE. Enhancing multiple domains of well-being by decreasing multiple health risk behaviors: a randomized clinical trial. Popul Health Manag. 2012 Oct;15(5):276-86. doi: 10.1089/pop.2011.0060. Epub 2012 Feb 21. PubMed 22352379 ↗
  • Heesch KC, Masse LC, Dunn AL, Frankowski RF, Mullen PD. Does adherence to a lifestyle physical activity intervention predict changes in physical activity? J Behav Med. 2003 Aug;26(4):333-48. doi: 10.1023/a:1024205011001. PubMed 12921007 ↗
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  • Hill JO, Wyatt HR, Reed GW, Peters JC. Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here? Science. 2003 Feb 7;299(5608):853-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1079857. PubMed 12574618 ↗
  • Hill JO. Can a small-changes approach help address the obesity epidemic? A report of the Joint Task Force of the American Society for Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, and International Food Information Council. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Feb;89(2):477-84. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26566. Epub 2008 Dec 16. PubMed 19088151 ↗
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  • Christakis NA. Social networks and collateral health effects. BMJ. 2004 Jul 24;329(7459):184-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7459.184. No abstract available. PubMed 15271805 ↗
  • Christakis NA, Fowler JH. The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 26;357(4):370-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa066082. Epub 2007 Jul 25. PubMed 17652652 ↗
  • Christakis NA. Health care in a web. BMJ. 2008 Jun 28;336(7659):1468. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a452. PubMed 18583678 ↗
  • Pew Research Center. Social networking sites and our lives (Report). 2011. http:/pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Technology-and-social-networks.aspx
  • Helliwell JF, Putnam RD. The social context of well-being. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 Sep 29;359(1449):1435-46. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1522. PubMed 15347534 ↗
  • Stata analysis software. Stata Corporation, College Station, TX.
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  • Beasley, T.M. Seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models as a solution to path analytic models with correlated errors. Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints. 34(1): 1-7, 2008.
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  • Vittinghoff E, Sen S, McCulloch CE. Sample size calculations for evaluating mediation. Stat Med. 2009 Feb 15;28(4):541-57. doi: 10.1002/sim.3491. PubMed 19065627 ↗
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  • Cobb NK, Poirier J. Effectiveness of a multimodal online well-being intervention: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2014 Jan;46(1):41-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.08.018. PubMed 24355670 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 23, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01586949
Lead sponsor
MeYou Health, LLC
Collaborators
Healthways, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 27, 2012
Start date
Apr 2012
Primary completion
Sep 2012
Completion
Sep 2012
Last update
Sep 23, 2015

Study contacts

Josee Poirier, PhD
principal investigator · MeYou Health, LLC
Nathan K Cobb, MD
study chair · MeYou Health, LLC

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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