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NCT Number: NCT06495801

Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Improving Employees' Social Well-being.

The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if using Frendie PRO mobile application at workplaces improves social well-being in employees. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does using Frendie PRO mobile application at work for 6 months reduce loneliness in employees? Does using Fendie PRO mobile application at work for 6 months reduce social isolation in employees?

Researchers will compare employees from workplaces that use the Frendie PRO mobile application to employees from workplaces that do not use the mobile application to see if there are differences in their levels of social well-being (loneliness, social isolation, perceived social support, depressive symptoms).

Participants will be given access to the Frendie PRO mobile application and encouraged to use it by employers.

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This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Conditions

Loneliness Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Depression Depressive Symptoms Social Behavior Social Isolation Social Support

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Eastern Finland

Kuopio, North Savonia, 70110, Finland

About this study

Participants will be recruited from workplaces that use the Frendie PRO mobile application. After collecting baseline data, each workplace will be randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions. The unit of randomization is a workplace (or a team or department in bigger organizations).

The intervention group will be encouraged to download and start using the Frendie PRO mobile application. The control group will be informed of the date when they will have access to it (six months after the baseline).

Both groups are asked to participate in two follow-ups - a 3-month follow-up and a 6-month follow-up.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All employees working at the company/team/department participating in the study and starting to use the Frendie PRO mobile application within the study period.
  • Ability to fill the questionnaires online in Finnish

Exclusion criteria

  • incapable of using questionnaire online
  • does not know Finnish well enough to answer the questions

Treatment and study plan

Frendie PRO mobile application

Behavioral

Frendie PRO mobile application offers employees an environment to manage their social relationships, organize leisure activities, and discuss personal or work-related matters.

Primary outcomes

  1. Loneliness

    Time frame: Will be measured three times: baseline, 3-month follow-up and 6-month follow-up

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale

  2. Social Isolation

    Time frame: Will be measured three times: baseline, 3-month follow-up and 6-month follow-up

    The Social Isolation scale was modified from an index used by Christiansen et al. (2021). Christiansen and colleagues, in turn, created it inspired by the detailed Social Network Index created by Berkman and Syme (1979).

    Communication frequency with the following groups is measured:

    • family members who live elsewhere
    • friends
    • colleagues or fellow students at the workplace/school and outside of the workplace/school
    • neighbors and local community
    • people from social clubs, hobby groups, and religious organisations at and outside the meetings.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Social support

    Time frame: Will be measured three times: baseline, 3-month follow-up and 6-month follow-up

    Oslo Social Support Scale

  2. Depressive symptoms

    Time frame: Will be measured three times: baseline, 3-month follow-up and 6-month follow-up

    Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ9)

  3. Workplace loneliness

    Time frame: Will be measured three times: baseline, 3-month follow-up and 6-month follow-up

    Specific scale regarding loneliness experienced at workplaces. Includes 5 items that are modified from the UCLA loneliness scale. It was validated in Finnish adult population. Please see Kemppinen and Tanskanen (2023) for full description:

    Kemppinen, S., Tanskanen, J., 2023. Suomenkielisen työyksinäisyysmittarin validointi etä- ja hybridityöläisillä (Eng title: Validation of Finnish loneliness at work scale with remote and hybrid worker sample). Psykologia 58, 198-219.

Other outcomes

  1. Activity and behavior on the application

    Time frame: 6 months

    Each individual user's activity on the mobile application will be measured. The data will be used for additional analyses.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Eastern Finland

Other

Collaborators

  • Finnish Work Environment Fund

Registry information

Official study title

Työntekijöiden Sosiaalisen Hyvinvoinnin lisääminen Mobiilisovelluksen Avulla (Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Improving Employees' Social Well-being)

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jul 11, 2024
Registry last updated
May 2, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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