CO-ADAPT: Adaptive Environments and Conversational Agent Based Approaches for Healthy Ageing and Work Ability

The subjects involved will follow a Stress Management Training (SMT) to learn some techniques to manage stress in the workplace and to increase the effectiveness of the intervention will use an APP and a Conversational Agent (CA) an Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The purpose of the smartphone Application (APP) and CA will be to help people identify their thoughts, help them understand their emotions and the events that generated them.

The data collected and analyzed will be integrated into artificial intelligence to improve understanding of what people are writing.

Based on these analyses, it will be possible to identify the many different variables that interact in cases where a subject shows signs of stress related to adapting to change in the work environment and possible resilience factors that contribute to decreasing the state of stress.

Tests will be administered at the beginning, at the end of the meetings, and 3 months after the end of the sessions. Subjects will be divided into various groups to understand whether APP and CA have a significant impact in increasing psychological well-being and stress coping strategies.

Inclusion criteria

• whitecollar
• Normal or moderate levels of anxiety and stress
• A sufficient level of education to understand study procedures and be able to communicate with site personnel
• at least 40 to 70 years old

Exclusion criteria

• High levels of depression combined with other psychological risk indices (such as suicidal thoughts)
• Current use of narcotics or other substances