Can a phone app coach employees to better health and fewer sick days?
NCT ID NCT05274529
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing whether a workplace wellbeing programme delivered through mobile apps and remote coaching can improve employees' mental health, work productivity, and reduce sick leave. The study enrolls generally healthy employees from information-intensive jobs. Participants receive coaching focused on psychological health, work ability, sleep and recovery, or healthy lifestyle, and researchers track changes using questionnaires and heart-rate variability measurements.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Remote coaching programmes delivered through mobile apps, covering psychological health, work ability, sleep and recovery, or healthy lifestyle
- What this could lead to
- If the coaching helps, employers could offer a low-cost, app-based way to support employee mental health and reduce sick days.
- What could go wrong
- The study relies on self-reported questionnaires and heart-rate variability, which can be noisy. Employees who volunteer may already be motivated, so results might not apply to everyone.
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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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571 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Finished
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Sep 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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18 to 65 years
- 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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The initial target population consists of generally healthy employees of selected employer companies from information intensive industries and jobs. Inclusion Criteria: * Signed written informed consent * Adequate Finnish or English1 language skills to comprehend study-related instructions and questionnaires. The services and contents are available only in Finnish and English. Exclusion Criteria: * Planned absenteeism from work during the study with \>3mth duration * Use of cardiac pacemaker or history of atrial fibrillation * No access to compatible mobile phone * History of a major cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), stroke, or transient ischemic attack) within the previous 6 months
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aisti Health Oy
Helsinki, 00100, Finland
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