The Effect of Smartphone Push Notifications on Brain Power Score

Assessing the Effect of Smartphone Push Notifications on Overall Score, Accuracy and Reaction Time of Brain Power Score

This study will examine how Brain Power Score, an objective measure of brain function, is affected by the presence of smartphone push notifications.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Smartphone push notifications

Detailed Description

Smartphones are a common device integrated into the lives of many individuals around the world. Researchers have previously found a relationship between mobile phone use and changes in brain activity, reaction times and sleep patterns.

Brain Power is a consumer-grade application using a proprietary combination of neurological (EEG) and behavioral (reaction time and accuracy) data to create a comprehensive score out of 1000 which allows users to have an objective evaluation of their brain performance.

This study will examine how Brain Power Score is affected by the presence of smartphone push notifications.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • British Columbia
    • Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, V3V 1Z2
      • HealthTech Connex Centre for Neurology Studies

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy volunteers
• ≥19 years old
• Must be proficient in English
• Must be able to understand the study procedure and give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to provide informed consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Push Notifications; Push notification number (0, 1, 3, 5) will be counter balanced within-subjects.	Behavioral: Smartphone push notifications; The purpose of this study is to assess how smartphone push notifications can impact the overall score, accuracy and reaction time of participants using the Brain Power Score application (app). Push notification quantity will be varied and counter-balanced.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Total Brain Power Score	Brain Power Score combines neurological (EEG) and behavioral (reaction time and accuracy) data to create a comprehensive score out of 1000.	20 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Accuracy	Percentage of correctly classified instances	20 minutes
Reaction time	Time to respond to the stimulus (milliseconds)	20 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: HealthTech Connex Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 14, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 24, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): August 24, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 7, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 9, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 27, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 26, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: HTC-BPS-001

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No