Clinical trials: Smartphone
Acute Otitis Media, Acute Otitis Externa
Pediatric Emergency Department Smartphone Otoscope Study (PED-Oto)
Acute otitis media (AOM), defined as acute inflammation in the middle ear, is a leading cause of health encounters and antimicrobial prescriptions in children worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT02918773
- Testing
- Smartphone otoscope, Conventional otoscope
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Mobile Application, Routine Childhood Immunization
Evaluate the Role of a Personalized Smartphone Based Application to Improve Childhood Immunization Coverage
The vision of the investigators is to build capacity in technology-driven healthcare innovation in LMCIs. The programme will be initiated by a feasibility and proof-of-concept (POC) study to tackle the lack of awareness around…
- Trial name
- NCT04449107
- Testing
- Android based mobile phone application
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Cardiovascular Disease
NUYou:mHealth Intervention to Preserve and Promote Ideal Cardiovascular Health
The purpose of the study is to investigate the preservation or promotion of health in students during the college years.
- Trial name
- NUYou (NCT02496728)
- Testing
- Mobile Health Application, Environmental Cues, Social Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Vision Impairment, Blindness
Assessment of the Validity, Reliability, and Feasibility of Two Smartphone Applications for Testing the Visual Acuity
Visual acuity (VA) is the most common measure of visual function globally. In clinical settings and during screening events, VA is an important measure to quantify changes in vision over time.
- Trial name
- NCT04936100
- Testing
- Assessment of distance and near visual acuity using "Vision Screening module" of "Easy Vision" application, Assessment of distance and near visual acuity using "Test Yourself module" of "Easy Vision" application, Assessment of distance and near visual acuity using "Peek Acuity" application
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Obesity & Overweight Sleep
Correlation Between Smartphone Addiction, Sleep Problems and Body Mass Index in School Age Children
This study sought to determine whether smartphone addiction and school-age children's body mass index (BMI) and sleep problems were related.
- Trial name
- NCT07536334
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Child Development
Effectiveness of a Baby App for Enhancing Infant Mental Well-being (RCT)
This RCT aims to design and develop a developmental guidance program delivered by a smartphone app "Happy Baby HK" and evaluate its effectiveness for enhancing the mental well-being of recently born infants in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT06163560
- Testing
- Smartphone app "Happy Baby HK", Family Health Service parenting booklet
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 586 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Mental Health
Impact of Device Free Summer Camp on Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if attendance of a device-free summer camp, representing a shift from a digital environment to one that is device free and involves in person social interaction, can change mental…
- Trial name
- NCT07761143
- Testing
- Attendance of device-free summer camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 333 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sapien Labs
Sleep, Sleep Inertia
Sensible Sleep: Measuring Alarm and Snooze Behavior in Teens Using Wearables and Smartphones
Pilot data suggests that working professionals and college students routinely use alarms and snooze. Alarm usage and snoozing is associated with several negative health biomarkers including lighter sleep, higher resting heart…
- Conditions
- Sleep, Sleep Inertia, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04786678
- Testing
- Cell phone notification
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Notre Dame
Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication
Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location
This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication, Obstetric Complication, Birth Injuries
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN1 (NCT03161184)
- Testing
- SUSTAIN Smartphone training of CHW (SP+), SUSTAIN Paperbased training of CHW (SOC)
- Volunteers
- 572 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Maternal Depression
Developing and Testing Motherly App: a Smartphone Application to Promote Mothers' Mental Health
The investigators plan to develop and test Motherly, a smartphone app to promote maternal mental health and child development. The Motherly app is visually appealing aimed at engaging the user with a minimalistic layout.
- Trial name
- NCT03955718
- Testing
- Motherly App, Educational App (Active Control)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Smartphone Addiction Level
Effects of a 12-Week Structured Badminton Intervention on Smartphone Addiction Among Adolescents
The global surge in smartphone addiction (SA) represents a critical biopsychosocial risk for adolescents. This study evaluated the efficacy of a 12-week structured badminton intervention in alleviating SA among high school…
- Trial name
- NCT07678398
- Testing
- 12-Week Structured Badminton Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Mental Health Issue
The Effect of Increasing Physical Activity or Reducing Mobile Phone Use on Mental Health in Young People in Austria
Introduction: Data show adolescent mental health has declined in recent years, possibly due to increased uncertainty and loss of opportunities.
- Trial name
- SPARKY (NCT06153524)
- Testing
- Physical activity, Smartphone time
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danube University Krems
Heart Failure, Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Efficacy of AI EF Screening by Using Smartphone Application Recorded PLAX View Cardiac Ultrasound Video Clips
Assessing the Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in Left Ventricular Function Screening Using Parasternal Long Axis View Cardiac Ultrasound Video Clips ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Echocardiography serves as a fundamental diagnostic…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Cardiac Failure, Echocardiography
- Trial name
- NCT06330103
- Testing
- Easy EF
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 923 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rayong Hospital
Smartphone Addiction, Students, Nursing
Motivational Interview Based Intervention Program on Smartphone Addiction and Sleep Quality
Smartphones are the technological devices of our age that are constantly evolving and whose use is becoming more widespread day by day.
- Trial name
- NCT06098274
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing program based on transtheoretical model
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mustafa Yumusak
Students
Mindfulness App Versus Mindfulness-based Intervention for Healthcare Students
The main purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of a mindfulness-based training app ('REM Volver a Casa') versus a regular, presence-based program (MBSR) on the reduction of anxiety and other factors related to the…
- Trial name
- NCT03712319
- Testing
- REM Volver a casa, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz
Ametropia
Optimization of a Photoretinoscopy Method for Determining the Objective Refraction of Children With a Smartphone/add-on Device in India
The objective is to compare the refractive parameters of the photorefraction prototype device without cycloplegia with the refractive parameters of reference device, an autorefractometer with and without cycloplegia.
- Trial name
- NCT06524115
- Testing
- Comparator device, Closed-field autorefractometer without cycloplegia, Distance visual acuity check using objective refraction without cycloplegia, Comparator device, Closed-field autorefractometer with cycloplegia
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Essilor International
Smartphone Addiction, Muscle Weakness Condition
The Effect Of Smartphone Addiction On Trunk Muscles Performance In Adolescents
Statement of the problem: Does overuse of the smartphones affect trunk muscles performance in normal adolescents it will be assumed that There will be no affection of smartphone addiction on trunk muscles performance in normal…
- Conditions
- Smartphone Addiction, Muscle Weakness Condition, Adolescents
- Trial name
- NCT06120738
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Infant Development
Mobile Health Intervention for Infants in Guatemala (18-m Intervention)
Promoting optimal development for children at risk in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is an important global health priority.
- Trial name
- NCT06195358
- Testing
- Mobile Health (Smartphone) Application, Printed Caregiving Materials
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Experimental Group: Smartphone Use Reduction, Control Group
Study Smart! Effectiveness of a Smartphone Use Intervention on Students' Performance and Well-being
Smartphone use in academic contexts (e.g., in lectures or while studying for an exam) appears to go along with negative effects on students' academic performance (i.e., concentration, perceived learning achievement, and grades)…
- Trial name
- NCT04550286
- Testing
- Smartphone Use Reduction in Academic Context, Control
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Witten/Herdecke
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
Can Smartphones Listen to Your Heart? A Performance Study on Detecting Inborn Heart Diseases in Your Heart Sounds
This observational study aims to assess the performance of the software called ausculto™. ausculto™ is a collection of computer algorithms that intend to analyse heart sounds recorded from the built-in microphone of a smartphone…
- Trial name
- AUSC-CHD (NCT07376785)
- Testing
- Computer algorithms
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong