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A Health App for Post-Pandemic Years (HAPPY) for people with physiological and psychosocial distress during the post-pandemic era: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Justina Yat-Wa Liu, David Wai-Kwong Man, Frank Ho-Yin Lai, Teris Cheuk-Chi Cheung, Amy Ka-Po Cheung, Daphne Sze-Ki Cheung, Thomas Kup-Sze Choi, Gabriel Ching-Hang Fong, Rick Yiu-Cho Kwan, Simon Ching Lam and 4 more

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Article in Digital health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05459896 (A Health Apps for Post-Pandemic Years), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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A Health Apps for Post-Pandemic Years (HAPPY) for People With Physiological and Psychosocial Distress During the Post-Pandemic Era

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityRan2024 to 2026Enrolled814ConditionsPhysiological Stress, Psychological Distress, COVID-19 Stress SyndromeArmsPhysical Activity Training, Mindfulness-based Intervention, Energy Conservation Techniques
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Justina Yat-Wa LiuSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1931-0159
David Wai-Kwong ManPresident's Office, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Frank Ho-Yin LaiMental Health Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Teris Cheuk-Chi CheungSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Amy Ka-Po CheungSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Daphne Sze-Ki CheungSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Thomas Kup-Sze ChoiSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Gabriel Ching-Hang FongDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Rick Yiu-Cho KwanSchool of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4332-780X
Simon Ching LamSchool of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Vincent To-Yee NgUniversity Research Facility in Big Data Analytics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Heung WongUniversity Research Facility in Big Data Analytics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lin YangSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
David Ho-Keung ShumResearch Institute for Smart Ageing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4810-9262
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKTung Wah College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This article describes a protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a three-level Health App for Post-Pandemic Years (HAPPY) on alleviating post-pandemic physiological and psychosocial distress. Methods: Convenience and snowball sampling methods will be used to recruit 814 people aged 18+ with physiological and/or psychosocial distress. The experimental group will receive a 24-week intervention consisting of an 8-week regular supervision phase and a 16-week self-help phase. Based on their assessment results, they will be assigned to receive interventions on mindfulness, energy conservation techniques, or physical activity training. The waitlist control group will receive the same intervention in Week 25. The primary outcome will be changes in psychosocial distress, measured using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Secondary outcomes will include changes in levels of fatigue (Chinese version of the Brief Fatigue Inventory), sleep quality (Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), pain intensity (Numeric Rating Scale), positive appraisal (Short version of the 18-item Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire), self-efficacy (Chinese version of the General Self-efficacy Scale), depression and anxiety (Chinese version of the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale), and event impact (Chinese version of the 22-item Impact of Event Scale-Revised). All measures will be administered at baseline (T0), Week 8 after the supervision phase (T1), and 24 weeks post-intervention (T2). A generalized estimating equations model will be used to examine the group, time, and interaction (Time × Group) effect of the interventions on the outcome assessments (intention-to-treat analysis) across the three time points, and to compute a within-group comparison of objective physiological parameters and adherence to the assigned interventions in the experimental group. Conclusions: The innovative, three-level mobile HAPPY app will promote beneficial behavioral strategies to alleviate post-pandemic physiological and psychosocial distress. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05459896. Registered on 15 July 2022.

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COVID-19interventionphysical activitypsychosocial distressSmart health

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PMID37928335
PMCPMC10623948
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