NCT06495801

Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Improving Employees' Social Well-being.

Työntekijöiden Sosiaalisen Hyvinvoinnin lisääminen Mobiilisovelluksen Avulla (Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Improving Employees' Social Well-being)

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,012 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Eastern Finland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if using Frendie PRO mobile application at workplaces improves social well-being in employees. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does using Frendie PRO mobile application at work for 6 months reduce loneliness in employees? Does using Fendie PRO mobile application at work for 6 months reduce social isolation in employees? Researchers will compare employees from workplaces that use the Frendie PRO mobile application to employees from workplaces that do not use the mobile application to see if there are differences in their levels of social well-being (loneliness, social isolation, perceived social support, depressive symptoms). Participants will be given access to the Frendie PRO mobile application and encouraged to use it by employers.

Detailed description

Participants will be recruited from workplaces that use the Frendie PRO mobile application. After collecting baseline data, each workplace will be randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions. The unit of randomization is a workplace (or a team or department in bigger organizations). The intervention group will be encouraged to download and start using the Frendie PRO mobile application. The control group will be informed of the date when they will have access to it (six months after the baseline). Both groups are asked to participate in two follow-ups - a 3-month follow-up and a 6-month follow-up.

Conditions

• Loneliness
• Social Isolation
• Social Support
• Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Frendie PRO mobile application	Frendie PRO mobile application offers employees an environment to manage their social relationships, organize leisure activities, and discuss personal or work-related matters.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-20
• Primary completion: 2025-05-20
• Completion: 2025-08-01
• First posted: 2024-07-11
• Last updated: 2025-05-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland