This clinical trial wants to find out if using a special bracelet that vibrates gently whenever someone with a nail-biting problem bites their nails can help them stop. The investigators are looking at adults who bite their nails a lot. If this bracelet works, it could make nail-biters bite their nails less and have a better life. The main question the investigators are trying to answer is: "Does the gentle vibration from the bracelet make people bite their nails less?" The investigators will give participants a bracelet that vibrates when it senses nail-biting for 12 weeks. Participants will need to download an app that connects to the bracelet. This app will help the investigators keep track of how often participants get these vibration signals and see if nail-biting decreases while using the bracelet.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
A device that provides gentle vibration when the motion of nail biting is sensed will be provided to all participants. Participants will use an app that connects to the device to track the frequency of their nail biting over the study period.
Weill Cornell Department of Dermatology
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMean Change in Nail Biting Behavior as Measured by Number of Patient Reported Vibrations a Day
Time frame: baseline; 4 weeks; 8 weeks; 12 weeks
Change in nail length in millimeters
Time frame: Monthly for 3 months
Change in nail health as measured by Malone-Massler Scale For Nail Biting
The lowest score is 0 meaning nails not bitten, free margin intact; the highest score is 3+ meaniing nails are severely bitten, fingernails bitten beyond free edge; nail margin below soft tissue border
Time frame: baseline; 3 months
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