NCT06744452

App-based Stress Management With the mHealth Application "Harmony"

App-based Stress Management: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial on the Efficacy of the mHealth Application "Harmony"

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 251 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Witten/Herdecke · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of app-based stress prevention via the harmony application in a prospective, interventive, monocentric, explanatory pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT), with participants' subjective stress experience as the primary endpoint. Research question: Does usage of the app harmony have a positive impact on the subjective experience of stress of its users? Do usage frequency, intensity or width of content engagement influence the efficacy of the intervention? Hypothesis: We expect improvement of participants' subjective stress experience, stress-related symptoms, subjective well-being, resilient coping, self-efficacy, life satisfaction and goal-attainment.

Conditions

• Stress
• Self Efficacy
• Resilience, Psychological
• Goal Achievement
• Well-Being, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	harmony	Use of the app-based digital self-help intervention harmony over a 12-week-period. The app was designed for stress management and the preventive promotion of mental health. Harmony provides users with access to a wide range of psychological self-help content, including video episodes, audio sessions, texts, and downloadable materials. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Harmony offers personalized content suggestions tailored to the user's individual situation and preferences, ensuring the content remains relevant and updated. Content is delivered through a combination of psychoeducation, guided exercises, relaxation techniques, meditations, practical tasks, self-reflection activities, and everyday application tasks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-25
• Primary completion: 2025-03-03
• Completion: 2025-03-03
• First posted: 2024-12-20
• Last updated: 2026-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany