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An App Responding to Behaviour of People to Promote Mental Wellbeing in Anxious Youth
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating SMILE Intervention App for Anxiety and Sleep Problems. Completed, enrolled 101 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to utilize mobile-sensing techniques to produce and test a simplified and personalized treatment app, Smile for Life (SMILE), for youth diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What specific areas of difficulty (e.g., social interactions, physical activity/mobility, and sleep quality) are most impacted in youth with anxiety disorders, and how can a novel treatment app address these challenges? 2. Does the use of the novel treatment app lead to a measurable reduction in anxiety symptoms among youth, as assessed by the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) survey, compared to a control group? Researchers will compare the intervention to a control group (a group not given the SMILE app) to see if the intervention works to improve psychological functioning. Participants will: * Complete an online survey on emotional well-being and personality traits at the beginning and end of the one-month study, as well as at the 3-month follow-up. Participants will receive daily notifications asking participants to rate their social-emotional functioning. The app will then recommend a treatment plan and also ask participants to rate how helpful treatments were. Three months after the end of the study, participants will be asked to complete a follow-up assessment rating the app's usability. * Participants in the intervention group will use a mobile app to practice cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment for their social-emotional issues.
Study Details
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Interventions
The SMILE app, an iOS and Android compatible smartphone app, is based on effective CBT-based treatment features to help patients manage anxiety symptomology. Access requires a unique login. The SMILE app utilizes three relaxation features: calm breathing, mindfulness meditation, and deep muscle relaxation; one cognitive feature, thought journaling and the challenging of thoughts; one self-monitoring technique; a positive imagery game; and a feature aimed to reduce avoidance behaviour through exposure. The app will be self-guided, with no additional human involvement needed. Participants will be instructed to actively engage with at least one of the app's major functions for a minimum of 3 minutes per day.