The goals of this randomized trial is to learn: 1. If the Thrive AI Health app will help adults improve their everyday habits (diet, exercise, and sleep). 2. How often participants will use the Thrive AI Health app to which they will have free access The Thrive AI Health app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to give personalized advice. It is designed to help people eat better, exercise more, manage stress, and sleep well. Researchers will compare changes in diet, exercise and sleep in participants using the app to those participants not using the app. Participants will complete study questionnaires and an in-person visit at the beginning and end of the study.
After consenting to participate in the study, adults who are overweight, have obesity, prediabetes, or type II diabetes will complete online questionnaires and attend an in-person visit. The questionnaires measure: Diet; Physical activity; Sleep quality; Quality of life During the visit, the following will be measured or performed: Height; Weight; Blood pressure; Blood sample collection; 6-minute walk test Participants will then be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1. Thrive AI Health app intervention group. The Thrive AI Health app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to give personalized advice. It is designed to help people eat better, exercise more, manage stress, and sleep well. 2. Wait-list control group Those in the intervention group will be give a Fitbit which will by synched with the app. After 12 weeks, participants will complete the questionnaires and clinic visit assessments again. Following the 12-week assessments, those in the wait-list group will gain access to the Thrive AI Health app for 12 weeks and will complete online questionnaires at the 24-week mark. When participants in the wait-list group gain access to the app, they will also start wearing a Fitbit, which will be linked to the app.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Access to the app during the 12 week period following randomization
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Physical activity
Self-reported minutes per week of moderate-vigorous-intensity physical activity will be estimated using the Modifiable Physical Activity Questionnaire. A higher number of minutes of moderate-vigorous-intensity physical activity per week means a better outcome.
Time frame: Baseline to 12 weeks
Healthy Eating Index
Healthy Eating Index will be will be estimated using the self-reported food frequency questionnaire developed by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. The range for the Healthy Eating Index is 0-100. The higher number mean the better outcome
Time frame: Baseline to 12 weeks
Sleep quality
Self-reported sleep quality estimated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Sleep will be assessed at baseline and 12-weeks using the PSQI, which is a widely used measure of subjective sleep disturbance; its validity and reliability have been established in various populations. Score range 0-21 with a lower score indicating better sleep.
Time frame: Baseline to 12 weeks
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