An interventional study of Happify Teens in Rumination and Stress, Psychological, sponsored by Happify Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-15.
Sponsored by Happify Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
Teen participants (ages 13-17) will be randomly assigned to either an experimental (the Happify Teens digital platform), or a waitlist control group. The study includes an 8-week intervention period and a 1-month follow up period.
Teen participants (ages 13-17) will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group in which participants receive access to Happify Teens, a digital platform rooted in several therapeutic traditions that aims to improve wellbeing, or a waitlist control group. Both group conditions last 8 weeks. Participants assigned to the Happify Teens platform will have full access to the intervention, with featured tracks that focus on dealing with stress, worries and building skills for greater happiness. Participants assigned to the waitlist (control) condition will not have access to the Happify Teens platform for the full study period (12 weeks total). Participants in the waitlist control will receive access to Happify Teens after the full study period is complete (12 weeks). Perceived stress, rumination, and optimism will be assessed via self-report at baseline, end of the 8-week intervention, and at 1 month post intervention.
80 studies on the registry are indexed under Rumination Syndrome; 22 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 353 is above the median of 64 across 70 interventional studies indexed under Rumination Syndrome.
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Happify Teens is a digital well-being intervention that can be accessed via mobile application or web browser
Behavioral: Happify Teens
Waitlist Control Condition
An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Change in Perceived Stress [Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)]
10-item measure of perceived stress scoring how often the participant felt stressed by each statement in the following month from never (0) to very often (4). Scores can range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived stress.
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks
Change in Rumination [Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS)-Short Form-Brooding Subscale]
A 5-item measure of rumination (brooding) assessing how often participants engage with each of the 5 behaviors on a scale from almost never (1) to almost always (4). Ratings are summed so that total scores can range from 5 to 20, with higher scores indicating more brooding in the past month.
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks
| Milestone | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control |
|---|---|---|
| Started | 178 | 175 |
| Completed | 132 | 171 |
| Not completed | 46 | 4 |
| Withdrew: Did not create happify for teens account | 22 | 0 |
| Withdrew: Did not complete any happify for teens activities | 22 | 0 |
| Withdrew: Reported unusual birth year | 2 | 3 |
| Withdrew: Duplicate responses | 0 | 1 |
10-item measure of perceived stress scoring how often the participant felt stressed by each statement in the following month from never (0) to very often (4). Scores can range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived stress.
| score on a scale | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 26.33 ± 4.43 | 25.26 ± 4.97 |
| 4 weeks | 22.01 ± 6.10 | 24.67 ± 5.36 |
| 8 weeks | 21.95 ± 6.20 | 24.61 ± 6.10 |
| 12 weeks | 20.96 ± 6.57 | 24.44 ± 6.27 |
A 5-item measure of rumination (brooding) assessing how often participants engage with each of the 5 behaviors on a scale from almost never (1) to almost always (4). Ratings are summed so that total scores can range from 5 to 20, with higher scores indicating more brooding in the past month.
| score on a scale | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 14.29 ± 2.36 | 14.29 ± 2.56 |
| 4 weeks | 12.53 ± 3.24 | 13.89 ± 3.01 |
| 8 weeks | 11.94 ± 2.89 | 13.20 ± 2.85 |
| 12 weeks | 11.68 ± 3.18 | 13.46 ± 3.03 |
Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happify Teens | — | — | — |
| Waitlist Control | — | — | — |
| Age, Customized(Participants) | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 years | 19 | 24 | 43 |
| 14 years | 44 | 42 | 86 |
| 15 years | 30 | 31 | 61 |
| 16 years | 36 | 43 | 79 |
| 17 years | 47 | 32 | 79 |
| Missing or Unusual Birth Year | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Sex/Gender, Customized(Participants) | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 122 | 110 | 232 |
| Male | 42 | 50 | 92 |
| Non-Binary/Other | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 22 | 41 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 159 | 153 | 312 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants) | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Asian | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black or African American | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| White | 140 | 138 | 278 |
| More than one race | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| Unknown or Not Reported | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Region of Enrollment(participants) | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 178 | 175 | 353 |
| Perceived Stress Scale(score on a scale) | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 26.06 ± 4.41 | 25.29 ± 5.04 | 25.68 ± 4.74 |
| Ruminative Responses Scale - Brooding Subscale(score on a scale) | Happify Teens | Waitlist Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 14.18 ± 2.32 | 14.29 ± 2.55 | 14.23 ± 2.44 |
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Ran from Jun 2021 to primary completion in Mar 2022, 9 months.
Results were first posted in Aug 2024, 2 years 5 months after primary completion.
Of 52 interventional studies with no phase under Rumination Syndrome, half reached primary completion within 13 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 27. This study's 9 months is below that.
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