Efficacy of the “Foundations” Smartphone Application in Improving Mental Well-Being in Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Schulze L. ^{[1
]}

Henwood A. ^{[1
]}

Matić A. ^{[1
]}

Skorulski B. ^{[1
]}

Schneider L. ^{[1
]}

Dix S. ^{[1
]}

Guerreiro J. ^{[1
]}

Dolan P. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] D, Koa Health, Barcelona

[2] The London School of Economics and Political Science, London

来源：

Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science | 2025年 / 10卷 / 1期

关键词：

Digital intervention; Mental health; mHealth; Students;

D O I：

10.1007/s41347-024-00419-5

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摘要：

The mental health challenges faced by student populations is a growing global public health issue. Accessible, scalable, and effective interventions are urgently needed. The primary objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of Foundations (Koa Health; Barcelona, Spain), a digital mental health intervention, compared to a waitlist control group in university students. We hypothesized that participants in the Foundations group would show greater improvement in well-being scores compared to those in the control group, after 2 and 4 weeks of usage. As part of a larger study, 232 participants were included in the primary analyses (Foundations, n = 95; control, n = 137). Well-being scores improved in both groups; however, improvements in well-being were significantly greater in the Foundations group after 4 weeks. Taken together, the present findings support the efficacy of digital mental health tools like Foundations in a student population. Trial Registration: OSF Registration, Registration https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/HVTF8 ; https://osf.io/hvtf8. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

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