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An Online Trial of Five Well-being Programs

A Randomized Trial Examining the Impact of Five 8-week Online Well-being Programs on Mood and Well-being

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03233022
Enrollment
14000
Registered
2017-07-28
Start date
2016-02-29
Completion date
2018-03-31
Last updated
2018-08-01

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Conditions

Well-being

Brief summary

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

Detailed 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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALHappify

An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Sponsors

Happify Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Users are randomly assigned between arms after completing baseline assessment and stay in that arm for the duration of the study.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Depressive Symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item; PHQ-9)Change from baseline to 8-week post, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up9-item measure of depressive symptoms
Anxiety Symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item; GAD-7)Change from baseline to 8-week post, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up7-item measure of anxiety symptoms

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Resilience compositeChange from baseline to 8-week post, 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-upComposite score made of perceived stress, positive emotionality, and optimism

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026