Clinical trials: Joy
Happiness
Enduring Happiness and Continued Self-Enhancement
Over the past several decades, a new science of subjective well-being has produced insights into the factors that make people happy-from cultivating strong relationships to pursuing the right goals.
- Trial name
- ENHANCE (NCT02782611)
- Testing
- ENHANCE: Enduring Happiness and Continued Self-Enhancement
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Family Health, Happiness and Harmony, Physical Health
Family Drama Project II
A harmonious family relationship has significant effects on the psychological well-being and development of children. Good communication between parents and children is a crucial element for family health, happiness and harmony.
- Trial name
- NCT04048915
- Testing
- Long live drama, Short live drama
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 7,026 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Resilience,Psychological, Bereavement
A Community-based Resilience Program of Only-child Loss Parents
This is a community-based participatory research aiming at helping the only-child loss parents to be happier and resilient from bereavement. It is a psycho-behavioral intervention research.
- Conditions
- Resilience,Psychological, Bereavement, Happiness
- Trial name
- NCT03328598
- Testing
- Positive psychology therapy group, Resilience promotion therapy group, Controlled routine activity
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central South University
Major Depressive Episode
The Effects of Anger and Joy Expressions on Approach and Avoidance Behaviors in Healthy Volunteers
Social interactions are part of our daily lives. Communicating with others is a recurring choice which is based on emotional cues, such as facial expression.
- Trial name
- NCT04899609
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Undefined
Perceived Coping, Meaning, and Joy at Work
The aim of this study is to assess and describe employee characteristics associated with perceived horizontal inter-collegial workplace uncivil behavior within nursing services, and identify any relationships with meaning and joy…
- Trial name
- NCT06336876
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Methodist Health System
Dietary Change, Obesity & Overweight
Pistachio Intake and Nutrition-Related Outcomes in Individuals on GLP-1 Therapy
In this study will look at how eating pistachios every day might affect participants weight, how healthy their diet is, and how they feel when eating.
- Conditions
- Dietary Change, Obesity & Overweight, Food Acceptance
- Trial name
- NCT07244445
- Testing
- Pistachios, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ian J. Neeland, MD
Happiness, Anxiety
Prosocial Behavior Can Safeguard Mental Health and Foster Emotional Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying lockdown measures have made mental health a pressing public health concern. Acts that focus on benefiting others-known as prosocial behaviors-offer one promising intervention that is…
- Conditions
- Happiness, Anxiety, Depression, Morality
- Trial name
- NCT04517006
- Testing
- Self-focused acts, Prosocial acts
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Type 1 Diabetes
Happy Bob App: A Preliminary Evaluation of Its Use in Youth With Diabetes
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of peer support via the Happy Bob phone app in youth with Type 1 Diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT06412601
- Testing
- RPM, app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Stress, Resilience
Lowering Stress Levels of Women in Lebanon
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the experiences of women who learn the TM technique to those who do not. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Stress, Resilience, Self Efficacy, Happiness
- Trial name
- TML (NCT05836129)
- Testing
- Transcendental Meditation (TM) practice, Stress reduction class (online)
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maharishi International University
Well-being at Work
Well-being at Work: Research Into Happiness at Work
Organizations are becoming increasingly aware that employees are an important factor in gaining and maintaining competitive advantage.
- Trial name
- NCT05660330
- Testing
- Holistic semi-tailormade well-being intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Patient Acceptability to Being Invited to Take Part in Research of Relevance to Them
Would You be Happy to be Contacted About Research?
The aim of this study is to re-examine the proportion of primary care patients that would be happy to be contacted about research of relevance to them.
- Trial name
- The Who (NCT05262114)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20,969 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Keele University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Parental Stress
The Effect of a Micro-Appreciation Intervention (Three-Things Journal Application) on Caregiver Burden, Family Functioning, and Happiness Levels for Mothers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which individuals experience significant difficulties in social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT07124091
- Testing
- Positive Event Writing Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cukurova University
School Health Services
Creating a Comfortable Cafeteria: Staff and Student Feedback - Outcome Study (Cafeteria Prog)
A mixed methods design was used to explore the outcomes of a 6-week, occupational therapy-led Comfortable Cafeteria program designed to build capacity of cafeteria supervisors to create a positive mealtime environment so that all…
- Trial name
- CCProgram (NCT02949063)
- Testing
- Comfortable Cafeteria Program
- Volunteers
- 366 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mary Jane Karpinski
Contraception Behavior
Pregnancy at a Time That Is Happy and Healthy for You
In an effort reduce maternal and infant mortality and health disparities overall, PATH4YOU (Pregnancy At a Time that's Healthy and Happy for You) will be implemented starting in Marion County, and will ultimately be a statewide…
- Trial name
- PATH4YOU (NCT05216003)
- Testing
- PATH4YOU
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Healthy Young Adults
Exergames Enjoyment and Awareness of Their Use for Physical Activity and Health Among Young Adults
The goal of this observational, non-interventional study is to explore how different exergame devices are perceived by young adults in terms of enjoyment and awareness of their potential use for physical activity and health…
- Trial name
- NCT07235631
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 227 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Physical Education
Anxiety State, Motivation
Physical Therapy Students: Well-being
This study aims to explore various psychosocial aspects and the potential benefits of respiratory techniques for physical therapy students.
- Conditions
- Anxiety State, Motivation, Life Stress, Sleep, Inadequate
- Trial name
- NCT06341569
- Testing
- Respiratory breathing techniques group
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes" Timisoara
Well-being, Happiness
Evaluation of a Multicomponent Nature-based Intervention for Well-being and Relationship With Nature
Randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a multi-component nature-based intervention on clinical outcomes for visitors from different natural areas in Brazil.
- Trial name
- NCT05486156
- Testing
- A Time with e-Nature
- Where
- 6 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 486 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Health Behavior, Behavior, Child
Effects of an Active Break Program at Primary School
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an active break program at school on physical activity levels and enjoyment, and on-task behavior in children.
- Trial name
- Activa-Mente (NCT05403996)
- Testing
- Activa-Mente
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de La Frontera
Well-being
Enduring Happiness and Continued Self-Enhancement (ENHANCE) 2.0
The study is designed to compare the efficacy of two programs intended to improve happiness and well-being among healthy, community adults between the ages of 25 and 75 years.
- Trial name
- NCT03257527
- Testing
- ENHANCE group, MBSR group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Overweight, Postmenopausal
Post Exercise Substrate Oxidation, Appetite and Energy Intakes in Overweight/Obese Postmenopausal Women (EScAPE)
High-intensity interval exercise (HIIT), as compared to moderate intensity continuous training (MICT), is a time-efficient strategy to decrease total and abdominal fat mass (FM).
- Trial name
- EScAPE (NCT04364061)
- Testing
- Moderate Intensity Continuous Exercise, High-Intensity Interval Exercise (1), High-Intensity Interval Exercise (2)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l'Exercice en conditions Physiologiques et Pathologiques