New digital tool aims to boost workplace belonging for LGBTQ+ workers
NCT ID NCT07634432
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested Bridges, a 30-day digital program that sends personalized text messages and provides online activities to help LGBTQ+ employees feel more connected and valued at work. Researchers enrolled 136 LGBTQ+ adults working in health or human services to see if the program was easy to use and well-liked. The goal is to improve mental health and belonging, but this is an early pilot focused on feasibility.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- digital behavioral intervention (personalized text messaging and web-based activities)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, scalable way to improve mental health and belonging for LGBTQ+ employees.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study (136 people) focused on feasibility, not proof of effectiveness. Results may not apply to all workplaces or groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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136 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Able to speak and read English * Lives in the U.S. * Employed * Works 32+ hours per week * Works for an organization that provides health or human services * Identity aligns with study/program purpose (i.e., identifies as LGBTQ+) * Low to moderate level of belonging (as assessed by the IOWA-B) Exclusion Criteria: * Only employee of the organization * Unwilling to receive program text messages
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pro-Change Behavior Systems
Narragansett, Rhode Island, 02882-3468, United States
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