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Behavioral Intervention

Mobile App Notifications for Intern Health (IHS Trial)

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Recruiting
Research Sponsored by University of Michigan
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up daily, through study completion at the end of intern year (1 year)
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Summary

"This trial aims to test if using a smartphone app can help medical interns feel better, be more active, and sleep better."

Who is the study for?
This trial is for medical interns in the 2024-2025 year who have an iPhone or Android phone. They must join the Intern Health Study by logging into a mobile app, consenting to participate, and completing a baseline survey before June.
What is being tested?
The study tests whether receiving behavioral change notifications on a smartphone can improve mood, increase physical activity, and enhance sleep quality among medical interns.
What are the potential side effects?
Since this intervention involves only behavioral notifications on a smartphone, there are no direct medical side effects. However, participants may experience changes in behavior or stress levels due to altered routines.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~daily, through study completion at the end of intern year (1 year)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and daily, through study completion at the end of intern year (1 year) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Average daily mood
Average daily step count
Average nightly sleep duration
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Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Within-participant micro-randomizationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Each day in the study, with probability .5 for each, a participant is randomized to receive a notification that day or no notification that day. If a participant is assigned to receive a notification that day, 1 message set will be randomly selected from a pool of 358 core message sets. Each core message set will be comprised of 4 messages containing comparable content, however they will be tailored based on the participant's wearable (steps, sleep) or mood data for the specified time interval (7 days, 30 days, since the start of internship) as follows: 1) no data, 2) low, 3) moderate, or 4) high.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Intern Health Study behavioral change mobile notification
2018
N/A
~2140

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of MichiganLead Sponsor
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6,386,362 Total Patients Enrolled
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