The Online Mood Booster Challenge to Support Physical and Mental Health

Healthier Together Mood Booster Challenge

Healthier Together Mood Booster Challenge - To improve mental and physical fitness, while providing participants with online education, tracking, social connectivity, and feedback.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: e-Health Program

Detailed Description

An 8-week web-based health promotion program to learn strategies and use digital tools that will give participants a physical, mental, and emotional boost, with exercise remaining a key component of the mission.

Each week participants will learn and practice evidence-based strategies that they will master to improve their physical and mental health.

Techniques will be focused on: spending time exercising outdoors, practicing daily gratitude, practicing good posture, building social connection, deep breathing, listening to music, limiting time on social media and focusing on better sleep.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 500

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Dr. Steven Grover, MD; Phone Number: 223 514-846-7973; Email: steven.grover@mcgill.ca
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Violette Berberian, B.Sc.., MBA; Phone Number: 514-715-2827; Email: violette.berberian@affiliate.mcgill.ca

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Quebec
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 0G4
      • Recruiting
      • McGill University
      • Contact: Dr. Steven Grover, MD; Phone Number: 514-791-5688; Email: steven.grover@mcGill.ca
      • Contact: Violette Berberian, B.S.C., MBA; Phone Number: 514-715-2827; Email: violette.berberian@affiliate.mcgill.ca
      • Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Grover, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

McGill University faculty, staff, students and invited family members

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Affiliated with McGill University or family member

Exclusion Criteria: None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Improvement in Physical Activity Levels	8 week program to create healthy habits of incorporating increased physical activity in daily life. Self-reported physical activity levels using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) (weekly metabolic equivalents (METs); using an estimate of 4 METs/ min moderate exercise and 8 METs/ min vigorous exercise)	Feb 20 - April 16, 2023
Adherence to Program	8 Week program to help change behaviour for healthy habit creation. Adherence will be measured as the number of days tracking physical activity levels and answering the behaviour change questions. Less than 7 days = very poor adherence 7-21 days = poor adherence 22-42 days = moderate adherence 43-49 days = good adherence Greater than 49 days = excellent adherence	Feb 20 - April 16, 2023
Improvement in Stress	The following methodology will be used to measure the above metric: - Stress score - Perceived Stress Scale. 10 questions; Total score from 0 to 40; ≥18 high stress (1 standard deviation above the mean)	Feb 20 - April 16, 2023
Improvement in Sleep	The following methodology will be used to measure the above metric: - Sleep score - Insomnia Severity Index. 7 questions; Total score from 0 to 28; ≥ 8 subthreshold insomnia	Feb 20 - April 16, 2023
Improvement in Mood	The following methodology will be used to measure the above metric: - Depression score - Centre for Epidemiological Studies - Depression questionnaire 20 questions; Total score 0-40; ≥16 subthreshold depressive symptoms	Feb 20 - April 16, 2023
Improvement in Burnout	The following methodology will be used to measure the above metric: - Burnout - Oldenburg burnout assessment. <2.89 no or little sign of burnout; 2.89 to 3.51 may be at risk of burnout; >3.51 at very high risk of burnout	Feb 20 - April 16, 2023

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: McGill University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Grover, MD, McGill University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 6, 2023
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): April 16, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 13, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 14, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): March 16, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 16, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 14, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: web based health promotion
• Other Study ID Numbers: CLIN1903

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: Aggregate data analysis

Drug and device information, study documents

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