Trial reportJMIR formative research2025
Enhancing Engagement, Practice Integration, and Skill Learning in Mobile Technology-Delivered Interventions Using Human Support: Randomized Controlled Trial With Depressed College Students.
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- Theory-based evaluation of user participation in MedPrev, a digital preventive intervention in primary care in France.BMC primary care · 2026Article
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backgroundAmong evidence-based mobile technology-delivered interventions (mTDIs), mindfulness apps such as Headspace have demonstrated numerous benefits. These benefits are particularly important for college students, who continue to face high rates of depression and psychological distress that are paired with insufficient mental health services to meet these needs. mTDIs offer scalable solutions to ameliorating mental health symptoms and may be able to help address this gap in limited access to mental health services for all populations. While mTDIs have great promise for maximizing reach, their utility can be hamstrung by low rates of user engagement and uptake. Thus, this study implemented 2 human support enhancements designed to boost user in-app engagement, practice integration into daily life (ie, sustainability), and app-related skill learning (ie, perceived benefits) in a sample of college students with depression who were granted full access to an mTDI (Headspace).
objectiveThis randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of two human support enhancements-(1) a one-time face-to-face orientation with or without (2) placement in a peer supportive accountability group-on self-reported and objectively captured mTDI engagement, practice integration, and skill learning among a sample of college students with depression.
methodsParticipants (n=123) authorized access to their recorded app use data, provided by Headspace. In addition, at the midpoint (1 mo), postintervention (2 mo), and follow-up (3 mo) assessments, participants self-reported on the extent to which they had used the app, how likely they were to continue using the app and related skills in the future, and the extent to which they learned skills and practiced these skills in their daily lives.
resultsCompared to participants who were simply given access to the app (37/123, 30.1%) without these enhancements, those who attended the orientation (86/123, 69.9%), regardless of additional random allocation to the peer supportive accountability group (48/123, 39%), demonstrated significantly greater mTDI engagement (ie, more minutes meditated [F
conclusionsThe results of this study illustrate that an initial face-to-face orientation boosts mTDI engagement, enhances the integration of intervention skills into everyday life, and increases learning. Future work is needed to determine the active ingredients of the orientation as well as to narrow in on the optimal implementation of supportive accountability that might drive increased levels of engagement and the associated positive intervention benefits.
trial registrationOpen Science Foundation (OSF) 3trzk; https://osf.io/3trzk.
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