评估Frendie PRO移动应用程序在减少员工孤独感和社会隔离方面有效性的聚类随机试验研究方案。

IF 1.9 3区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL

Contemporary clinical trials Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI:10.1016/j.cct.2025.108060

Siiri-Liisi Kraav , Eric Schoenmakers , Ismo Linnosmaa , Samu Sorola , Tommi Tolmunen

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摘要

背景：工作场所人际关系不满意会对幸福感和工作绩效产生负面影响。近30% 芬兰工作年龄的人全部或大部分时间都感到孤独。需要具有成本效益的方法来改善一般工作年龄人口的社会福利。本研究旨在探讨一款移动应用是否能改善员工的幸福感和工作生活关系，并减少他们的孤独感。方法：本研究旨在评估Frendie PRO移动应用程序对员工社会幸福感的影响，以孤独感、工作孤独感、工作归属感和抑郁症状为主要结果。将在工作场所进行随机分组试验。干预组将被允许访问并鼓励使用Frendie PRO移动应用程序。对照组将在随访期后访问应用程序。数据将在三个时间点收集：基线（使用应用程序之前），3个月和6个月的随访。将分析应用程序的有效性和成本效益。讨论：假设干预可以减少员工的孤独感和职场孤独感，增加员工的工作归属感。研究结果可用于进一步开发Frendie PRO移动应用程序，并为普通人群中的成年人开发其他类似的数字孤独干预措施。试验注册：该试验已在ClinicalTrials.gov上注册，注册号NCT06495801，注册日期11。2024年7月。

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Study protocol of a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the Frendie PRO mobile application's effectiveness in reducing employees' loneliness and social isolation

Background

Dissatisfaction with interpersonal relationships in the workplace negatively impacts well-being and work performance. Almost 30 % of people of working age in Finland experience loneliness all or most of the time. Cost-effective methods are needed to improve the social well-being of the general working-age population. This cluster randomized trial aims to investigate whether a mobile application can improve employees' well-being and work-life relationships and reduce their experience of loneliness.

Methods

The current study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Frendie PRO mobile application on employees' social well-being measured by loneliness, workplace loneliness, work belongingness, and depressive symptoms as primary outcomes. A cluster randomized trial will be performed in workplaces. The intervention group will be given access to and is encouraged to use the Frendie PRO mobile application. The control group will have access to the application after the follow-up period. Data will be collected at three timepoints: baseline (before using the application), 3-month, and 6-month follow-up. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the application will be analyzed.

Discussion

The intervention is hypothesized to reduce loneliness and workplace loneliness and increase the sense of work belongingness among employees. The study results may be used to develop the Frendie PRO mobile application further and develop other similar digital loneliness interventions for adults in the general population.

Trial registration: The trial has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, registration number NCT06495801, date of registration 11. July 2024.

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Contemporary clinical trials 医学-药学

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

4.50%

发文量

281

审稿时长

44 days

期刊介绍： Contemporary Clinical Trials is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes manuscripts pertaining to all aspects of clinical trials, including, but not limited to, design, conduct, analysis, regulation and ethics. Manuscripts submitted should appeal to a readership drawn from disciplines including medicine, biostatistics, epidemiology, computer science, management science, behavioural science, pharmaceutical science, and bioethics. Full-length papers and short communications not exceeding 1,500 words, as well as systemic reviews of clinical trials and methodologies will be published. Perspectives/commentaries on current issues and the impact of clinical trials on the practice of medicine and health policy are also welcome.